Nutritional status and feeding regimen of critically ill patients in General Hospital of Agriculture in Hanoi, Vietnam.

This article focuses on assessing the prevalence of nutritional risk and describing the feeding regimens of critically ill patients admitted to a suburban Intensive Care Unit (ICU) in Hanoi, Vietnam. Using Nutritional Risk Screening 2002 (NRS2002) and Modified Nutrition Risk in Critically Ill (mNUTRIC) tools, the study found that 53.9% of patients were at high nutritional risk by NRS2002, while 13% were high risk by mNUTRIC, with nearly half classified as malnourished by Mild-Upper Arm Circumference (MUAC). Nutritional support predominantly shifted from parenteral to enteral feeding over the first seven days, with progressive increases in energy and protein intake, although a substantial proportion of patients did not meet recommended nutritional targets during this period. The study highlights challenges in achieving adequate nutrition in ICU patients in a developing country context and provides baseline data for nutrition support practices at the General Hospital of Agriculture in Hanoi.