Crit Care Resusc
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Multicenter Study
Enteral nutrition in Australian and New Zealand intensive care units: a point-prevalence study of prescription practices.
Enteral nutrition (EN) is widely accepted as the preferred method for providing nutrition therapy to critically ill patients. However, optimal energy goals and the best way to achieve those goals are ill defined. ⋯ 1 kcal/mL and energy-dense formulations are administered with about equal frequency in Australian and New Zealand ICUs. This finding supports future research into the evaluation of optimal nutritional delivery amounts using EN formulations with differing energy concentrations.