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ArticleCureus2021

Indirect Calorimetry as an Instrument of Research to Identify the Effect of Hypermetabolism in Critical Patients' Prognosis.

Grimanesa Sousa, Inês Mendes, Luís Tavares, Rita Brotas Carvalho, Manuela Henriques, Humberto Costa

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Article in Cureus, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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Grimanesa SousaDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, PRT.
Inês MendesDepartment of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, PRT.
Luís TavaresDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, PRT.
Rita Brotas CarvalhoDepartment of Endocrinology and Nutrition, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, PRT.
Manuela HenriquesDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, PRT.
Humberto CostaDepartment of Intensive Care Medicine, Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo de Ponta Delgada, Ponta Delgada, PRT.

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Abstract

backgroundEnergy expenditure (EE) evaluation in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients can be very challenging. Critical illness is characterized by great variability in EE, which is influenced by the disease itself and the effects of treatment. Indirect calorimetry (IC) is currently the gold standard to measure EE in Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients. However, calorimeters are not widely available, and predictive formulas (PF) are still commonly used, leading to under or overfeeding and deleterious consequences.Important metabolic changes occur and catabolism becomes prominent in critically ill patients.Both hyper and hypometabolism can be observed, but hypermetabolic patients appear to have higher mortality rates compared to metabolically normal patients. This study aimed to assess hypermetabolism incidence and compare clinical outcomes between hypermetabolic and normometabolic patients in ICU.

methodsA single-center, retrospective, and observational study was conducted in the ICU of the Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo in Ponta Delgada, between August 2018 and February 2021. Only invasively mechanically ventilated patients were included. Resting energy expenditure (REE) was predicted by 25 kcal/kg/day formula to obtain predicted resting energy expenditure (PREE), and REE was measured by IC to obtain measured resting energy expenditure (MREE). According to their metabolic state (PREE/MREE), patients were divided into hypermetabolic (≥1.3) and normometabolic (<1.3). To determine the limits of agreement between PREE and MREE, we performed a Bland-Altman (BA) analysis. Baseline characteristics, severity criteria, nutritional status, and main diagnosis on admission were compared. The primary outcome considered was 30-day mortality. Other outcomes such as the ICU length of stay (LOS), in-hospital LOS, and length of invasive ventilation were also evaluated.

resultsAmong the 80 ICU patients included in the final analysis, 67 patients were normometabolic (83.4%). Patients admitted due to pneumonia were more hypermetabolic, 8 (61.5%) vs. 10 (14.9%); p<0.001. Hypermetabolism was found also in patients admitted due to sepsis/septic shock, 7 (53.8%) vs. 16 (23.9%); p=0.029. Hypermetabolic patients had lower body mass index (22.5 [interquartile range (IQR): 21.5-24.9] vs. 27.7 [IQR: 25.0-32.4] kg/m

conclusionsHypermetabolism was not seen to present a greater risk of death in mechanically ventilated patients in ICU. Lower BMI, sepsis/septic shock, and pneumonia appear to be associated with a hypermetabolic state.

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critical illnessenergy expenditurehypermetabolismindirect calorimetrynutrition

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