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Table of contents A1 Meet the needs: Important questions for ICU relatives Magdalena M. Hoffmann1,2, Anna K. Holl3, Harald Burgsteiner4, Thomas Pieber1,5, Philipp Eller6, Karin Amrein1 A2 Daily use of the Surgical Safety Checklist: results of a real-time audit Gerald Sendlhofer1,2,3, Karina Leitgeb1, Veronika Gombotz1, Peter Tiefenbacher1, Lars-Peter Kamolz2,3 ...
The rule of thumb (ROT) method is used to estimate energy expenditure (EE) at bedside. ROTs are fixed numbers of calories given daily per kilogram of body weight. Textbooks nevertheless indicate that age and body mass index (BMI) affect EE. This should also affect ROTs. We thus scrutinized the impact of BMI, age, and sex on ROTs, compared the results to the often used 25 kcal/kg ROT, and calculated...
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