Enteral nutrition administration in a surgical intensive care unit: Achieving goals with better strategies

Table 1 Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria	n	Pre-intervention phase	Post-intervention phase
Enteral nutrition not initiated	10	8	2
Intestinal transplant	1	1	0
Tube fed < 48 h	30	13	17
Tube feed initiated before ICU admission	1	1	0
Patient to or for GI surgery	2	2	0
Not tolerating	1	1	0
Withdrawal of care	0	0	0
Total	45	26	19

Exclusion criteria with counts for pre-intervention, post-intervention and the total number of patients who met each criterion. ICU: Intensive care unit; GI: Gastrointestinal.