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Table 1 Comparison between an indirect calorimetry and the Harris-Benedict equation

From: Strategies for optimal calorie administration in critically ill patients

Author, year

Design

No. of Hosp.

No. of Pt.

Type of patients

Age (years)

BMI (kg/m2)

Weight (kg)

APACHE II

SOFA

IC (kcal/day)

(kcal/kg/day)

HBE (kcal/day)

Picolo et al. 2016 [18]

Prospective

1

205

Surgical 15%

Sepsis 44%

54

18.5–24.9 42%

25.0–29.9 28%

71

24

NA

1430

NA

1463

Sabatino et al. 2017 [20]

Prospective

2

42

KDIGO stage 3

Surgical 52%

67 ± 15

29 ± 9

83 ± 26

22 ± 7

NA

1724 ± 431

NA

1582 ± 335

de Goes et al. 2016 [21]

Prospective

1

125

AKIN-3

Sepsis 89%

63 ± 17

28 ± 8

NA

29 ± 5

NA

2029 ± 760

NA

1501 ± 327

Panitchote et al. 2017 [22]

Prospective

1

16

Severe sepsis

Septic shock

72 ± 6

22 ± 3

NA

27 ± 4

NA

1488 ± 261

26.7 ± 5.3

2259 ± 305*

Tignanelli et al. 2017 [23]

Prospective**

1

419

Surgical 100%

> 60 42%

18.5–24.9 25%

25.0–29.9 30%

NA

NA

NA

1837 ± 547

NA

1894 ± 354

Yatabe et al. 2014 [24]

Retrospective

1

15

Esophagectomy 100%

66 ± 10

22 ± 4

55 ± 10

13 ± 4

2 ± 1

985 ± 167

18.1 ± 3.4

1191 ± 159

De Waele et al. 2018 [25]

Prospective

1

7

ECMO

Surgical 29%

64 [60, 77]

26 [25, 27]

78 [68, 90]

19 [13, 23]

NA

1334

21

NA

Segadilha et al. 2017 [26]

Retrospective

1

97

Elderly

Surgical 28%

78 ± 9

27 ± 7

NA

NA

NA

1568 ± 374

M 22.6 ± 4.7

F 21.4 ± 5.1

(kcal/kg/day)***

M 22.4 ± 2.2

F 22.1 ± 3.0

Hickmann et al. 2014 [27]

Prospective

1

49

Sepsis 63%

53–71

NA

NA

15–22

5–11

1849 ± 546 NA

1433 ± 230

  1. Hosp. hospital, Pt. patients, BMI body mass index, IC indirect calorimetry, HBE Harris-Benedict equation, Prospective prospective observational study, NA not available, KDIGO Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes classifications, AKIN Acute Kidney Injury Network classifications, Retrospective retrospective study, M male, F female
  2. *Harris-Benedict equation × 1.6
  3. **Retrospective review of prospectively collected data
  4. ***Harris-Benedict equation × 1.2