Terapia nutricional parenteral em CTI de hospital universitário.

Parenteral Nutrition (PN) is an alternative of nutritional support, which contributes to patients' recovery and a greater chance of survival. The study aims to evaluate the adequacy of PN in terms of calories and macronutrients in patients admitted to an adult Intensive Care Unit (CTI, in the Portuguese acronym). This is a cross-sectional study, with secondary data collection from medical records. Data from 21 individuals were analyzed, with predominance of males and mean age of 62.05 ± 14.59 years. Considering the mean values and percentages of adequacy, only lipids were found to be inadequate, with insufficient lipid content in 52.6% of the patients. However, evaluation of PN prescriptions indicated excessive caloric intake in 19.0% of the population, protein deficit in 19.0%, and protein excess in 38.0% of cases. Thus, some nonconformities prevent adequate nutritional support, which highlights the need for patients' monitoring and reassessment of nutritional management. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]