Evaluation of guideline adherence in enteral nutrition practices among ICU patients: a point prevalence study
Betül Özgan, Yunus Emre Ayhan, Özge Özmen, Damla Sosyal, Güneş Eskidemir, Halime Yılmaz, Ahmet Çakır, Sıdıka Yetimoğlu, Ayşe Gül Koçoğlu Kınal, Muhammed Yunus Bektay, Hayrettin Daşkaya, Kazım Karaaslan, Funda Datlı Yakaryılmaz · 2026
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Betül Özgan and co-authors present a 2026 study checking how closely feeding practice in Turkish intensive care units follows the guidelines. Malnutrition worsens outcomes for the critically ill, and tube feeding into the gut is preferred over vein feeding because it works with the body. Guidelines spell out timing, rates, and monitoring, but wards drift.
The multicentre study took a one-day snapshot across six intensive care units, recording what each adult patient was actually fed. Comparing practice with the recommendations exposes the common gaps, such as late starts or underfeeding. Point prevalence designs like this give hospitals a cheap mirror: one day's honesty about routine care.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Betül Özgan, Yunus Emre Ayhan, Özge Özmen, Damla Sosyal, Güneş Eskidemir, Halime Yılmaz, Ahmet Çakır, Sıdıka Yetimoğlu, Ayşe Gül Koçoğlu Kınal, Muhammed Yunus Bektay, Hayrettin Daşkaya, Kazım Karaaslan, Funda Datlı Yakaryılmaz |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |