Giving a nutritional FAST HUG in the Intensive Care Unit

Monares Zepeda, Enrique; Galindo Martín, Carlos Alfredo

doi:10.3305/nh.2015.31.5.8668

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Nutrición Hospitalaria

On-line version ISSN 1699-5198Print version ISSN 0212-1611

Nutr. Hosp. vol.31 n.5 Madrid May. 2015

https://dx.doi.org/10.3305/nh.2015.31.5.8668

ORIGINAL / Intensivos

Giving a nutritional FAST HUG in the Intensive Care Unit

Dando un abrazo rápido (FAST HUG) nutricional en la terapia intensiva

Enrique Monares Zepeda¹ and Carlos Alfredo Galindo Martín²

¹MD. Medical Chief of the Intensive Care Unit at the Hospital San ángel Inn Universidad, Mayorazgo 130, Xoco, México City.
²RD. Chief of the Nutrition Department at the Hospital San ángel Inn Universidad, Mayorazgo 130, Xoco, México City.

ABSTRACT

Implementing a nutrition support protocol in critical care is a complex and dynamic process that involves the use of evidence, education programs and constant monitoring. To facilitate this task we developed a mnemonic tool called the Nutritional FAST HUG (F: feeding, A: analgesia, S: stools, T: trace elements, H: head of bed, U: ulcers, G: glucose control) with a process also internally developed (both modified from the mnemonic proposed by Jean Louis Vincent) called MIAR (M: measure, I: interpret, A: act, R: reanalysis) showing an easy form to perform medical rounds at the intensive care unit using a systematic process.

Key words: Critical care. Nutritional support. Enteral. Parenteral.

RESUMEN

Implementar un protocolo de soporte nutricional en cuidados críticos es un proceso complejo y dinámico que envuelve el uso de evidencia, uso de programas y monitoreo constante. Para facilitar esta tarea desarrollamos una herramienta nemotécnica llamada el FAST HUG ("Abrazo Rápido" en español) Nutricional (F: feeding, A: analgesia, S: stools, T: trace elements, H: head of bed, U: ulcers, G: glucose control) con un proceso también desarrollado internamente (ambos modificados de la nemotecnia propuesta por Jean Louis Vincent) llamada MIAR (M: measure, I: interpret, A: act, R: reanalysis) mostrando una forma fácil de realizar las visitas médicas en la unidad de cuidados intensivos usando un proceso sistemático.

Palabras clave: Cuidados intensivos. Soporte nutricional. Enteral. Parenteral.

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