Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1999
Publication Title
Journal of the American College of Nutrition
First Page
61
Last Page
68
DOI
http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/07315724.1999.10718828
Abstract
Objective: To determine measured resting energy expenditure (REE) of nonambulatory tube-fed patients with severe neurological neurodevelopmental disabilities.
Methods: Twenty patients were prospectively studied. Only steady state indirect calorimetry measurements were taken. All measurements were conducted using a canopy system. Nutritional needs were met entirely by enteral feedings via a permanent ostomy.
Results: REE was widely distributed from 16 kcals/kg/day to 39 kcals/kg/day. The mean REE (888 ±176 kcals/day) of the patients was significantly (p < 0.01) lower than predicted as estimated by the Harris-Benedict equations (1081 ± 155 kcals/day) and World Health Organization equations (1194 ± 167 kcals/day). Fat-free mass (FFM) was the best parameter for predicting REE. Two predictive equations were developed that are not significantly biased and more precise (≤ 15% error) than conventional predictive formulas.
Conclusion: Conventional formulas for estimating energy expenditure are inaccurate and generally overestimate measured energy expenditure of nonambulatory patients with severe developmental disabilities.
Rights
This is an Author’s Accepted Manuscript of an article published in Journal of the American College of Nutrition in 1999, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/07315724.1999.10718828.
Recommended Citation
Dickerson, Roland N.; Brown, Rex O.; Gervasio, Jane M.; Hak, Emily B.; Hak, Lawrence J.; and Williams, John E., "Measured energy expenditure of tube-fed patients with severe neurodevelopment disabilities" (1999). Scholarship and Professional Work – COPHS. 13.
https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cophs_papers/13