title: A profile of nutritional practices and its cost in an intensive care in India.
abstract: In a retrospective study fifty patients admitted to a combined medical and surgical intensive care unit were surveyed to see the pattern of nutritional support. The routine practices of initial assessment and monitoring of the nutritional state, ordering and technique of feeding, routes of administration and complications were noted over a 3 week period. This gives an idea of the pattern of care and problems associated with nutritional support of the critically ill in this part of the world. The average cost of parenteral nutrition for three weeks was approximately Rs. 25,960 ($865 approx.) per patient.
authors.affiliation: Department of Anaesthesiology and Intensive Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi.
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Muralidhar
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Chaturvedi
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Jayalaxmi
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Kaul
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002648:Child; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005260:Female; D017721:Hospital Costs; D006801:Humans; D007194:India; D007362:Intensive Care Units / Q000191:economics*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D018529:Nutritional Support / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D010289:Parenteral Nutrition, Total / Q000191:economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D012189:Retrospective Studies