[Sipping as a mode of correction of protein-calorie deficiency in intensive care unit patients].

The paper presents the results of postoperative studies in 82 patients with major soft tissue phlegmons of the extremities and torso. The basic aspect of the studies concerned the correction of protein-calorie deficiency on the basis of additional nutrition through sipping of hypercaloric formula "Nutridrink" and the standard enteral formula "Nutrisone dry powder", which were given to in 29 and 20 patients, respectively, on postoperative day 1 for 3 weeks. A control group comprised 33 patients who received only diet 1. The findings have indicated that sipping of the enteral formula substantially reduces the catabolic pattern in the patients and facilitates a rapider recovery of the visceral protein pool.