26/01/2026
đĨ ICU, CCU, HDU -āϤ⧠āĻāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻž Dietician / Clinical Nutritionist-āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ must-know Medical & Nutrition Terms
ICU setup-āĻ āĻāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻ āĻļā§āϧ⧠đŊī¸ diet chart āĻŦāĻžāύāĻžāύ⧠āύāĻž â
đ Patient-āĻāϰ đŠē clinical condition āĻŦā§āĻāĻž
đ Life support-āĻ āĻĨāĻžāĻāĻž āϰā§āĻā§āϰ đĨ proper nutrition management
đ đŠââī¸đ¨ââī¸ multidisciplinary team-āĻāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ smooth coordination
āĻāϞā§, āĻĻāϰāĻāĻžāϰāĻŋ term-āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻ āĻāĻžā§āĻāĻžā§ āĻĻā§āĻā§ āύāĻŋāĻ đ
đĨ Common Clinical Terms (āϏāĻŦ unit-āĻāĻ āϞāĻžāĻā§)
đ Vitals â BP, Pulse, Respiration, Temperature
đ SpOâ â Oxygen saturation
đ GCS â Glasgow Coma Scale
đ ABG â Arterial Blood Gas
đ CBC, LFT, RFT â Important blood tests
đ CRP / Procalcitonin â Inflammation marker
đ NPO â Nothing per oral (āĻŽā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻž āϝāĻžāĻŦā§ āύāĻž)
đ I/O chart â Intake & Output
đ Edema â āĻļāϰā§āϰ⧠āĻāϞ āĻāĻŽāĻž
đ Electrolytes â Naâē, Kâē, Ca²âē, Mg²âē
đĨ Nutrition Assessment & Feeding Terms (Most Important)
đ BMR â Basal Metabolic Rate
đ TEE â Total Energy Expenditure
đ BMI â Body Mass Index
đ MUAC â Mid Upper Arm Circumference
đ IBW â Ideal Body Weight
đ Calorie requirement
đ Protein requirement
đ Fluid requirement
đ Nitrogen balance
đŊī¸ Enteral & Parenteral Nutrition Terms
đĨ EN â Enteral Nutrition
đ PN â Parenteral Nutrition
đ TPN â Total Parenteral Nutrition
đ§´ RT feed â Ryleâs tube feeding
đ§Ē NG / OG tube â Feeding tube
âŗ Continuous / Bolus feeding
â ī¸ Feed intolerance
đĢ Aspiration risk
đ GRV â Gastric residual volume
â¤ī¸ ICU / CCU Related Nutrition Terms
đ¨ Sepsis
⥠MODS â Multiple Organ Dysfunction Syndrome
𩸠Shock
đ§ AKI â Acute Kidney Injury
đ§ CKD â Chronic Kidney Disease
đ§Ŧ Liver failure
đ Cardiac cachexia
đĨ Stress metabolism
âī¸ Catabolic state
đĢ Respiratory ICU â Nutrition Focus
đŽâđ¨ Ventilator support
đĨŠ High protein diet
đ§ Fluid restriction
đĨ Low carb â high fat formula
đĢ ARDS nutrition management
đ Common Clinical Nutrition Procedures
đ§´ Syringe pump feeding
đ Feed rate calculation
âī¸ Osmolality
đ§ŧ Sterile feed preparation
đĄī¸ Aseptic technique
đ Bottom Line
āĻāĻ term-āĻā§āϞ⧠āĻāĻžāύāĻž āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠â
â ICU duty-āϤ⧠đĒ confidence āĻŦāĻžā§āĻŦā§
â đŠââī¸ DoctorâNurseâDietician coordination smooth āĻšāĻŦā§
â â ī¸ Complication āĻāĻŽāĻŦā§
â â¤ī¸ Patient outcome āĻāĻžāϞ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§
đ Dietician āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠āĻļā§āϧ⧠diet chart āύāĻž â
Dietician āĻŽāĻžāύ⧠Critical Care Nutrition Expert
đž Post-āĻāĻž save āĻāϰ⧠& đ¤ junior dietician āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ share āĻāϰ⧠â¤ī¸
âī¸ From: Dietician Madhumita Guria