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Introduction: Critically ill hospitalized patients tend to present high rates of weight loss, which, related to the clinical picture, is associated with increased occurrence of infections, morbidity and prolonged hospitalization. Objective: To identify the nutritional status and the caloric and protein adequacy of the enteral diet infused in patients in the intensive care unit. Materials and Methods: This is a cross-sectional, descriptive quantitative study, with participants of both genders, aged 18 years or older, using exclusive enteral nutritional therapy. Nutritional status was assessed by body mass index (BMI) and arm circumference (AC). To calculate energy and protein needs, the recommendations of the Brazilian enteral nutrition guidelines were considered. The adequacy was performed through daily collection of prescription and infusion information. For the analyses we applied tests considering statistical significance p<0.05. Results: 22 patients were evaluated, 68.18% were male. The main reasons for hospitalization were cardiovascular and pulmonary diseases, and the most predominant nutritional status according to the BMI was overweight in 55% of patients, while 50% were eutrophic. The calorie adequacy was adequate in 73% of patients, while protein adequacy was not adequate in 55%. The caloric and protein adequacy showed no association between the nutritional parameters and clinical outcome. Conclusion: The findings of this study allow us to affirm the importance of early nutritional assessment, as well as the adequate monitoring of nutritional support, aiming at the best clinical outcome of the patient.

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