title: [Estimation of energy expenditure in clinical practice: applicability to individual multiple injury cases].
abstract: In 37 multiple trauma patients the estimated and measured energy expenditures were compared. Predicted energy expenditure overestimated it in 89% of patients. The correction factor for the different pathologies was the principal source of error, since the measured/predicted basal energy expenditure ratio was 1.19 +/- 0.17. This ratio had a wide range of values (0.84-1.61) which renders the prediction of individual energy expenditure highly unreliable. Since the overestimation of energy requirements in the critically ill patients may convey important complications, the direct measurement of such requirements is recommended.
authors.affiliation: Universidad Católica de Chile, Facultad de Medicina.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Velasco
authors.forename: C L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Long
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000465:Algorithms; D001481:Basal Metabolism; D002151:Calorimetry; D003422:Critical Care / Q000379:methods; D004734:Energy Metabolism; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009104:Multiple Trauma / Q000378:metabolism*; D015203:Reproducibility of Results
vernacular_title: Estimación del gasto energético en clínica: aplicabilidad en casos individuales de pacientes con traumatismo múltiple.