Estimated Adult Daily Protein Requirement
Condition | Requirement (g/kg of ideal body weight/day) |
|---|---|
Healthy adult | 0.8 |
Age > 70 years | 1.0 |
Kidney failure without dialysis (glomerular filtration rate < 25 mL/minute/1.73 m2) | 0.6–0.75 |
Kidney failure with dialysis | 1.2 |
Metabolic stress (eg, critical illness, trauma, burns, surgery) | 1.2–2.0* |
* McClave SA, Taylor BE, Martindale RG, et al. Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine (SCCM) and American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) [published correction appears in JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016 Nov;40(8):1200]. JPEN J Parenter Enteral Nutr. 2016;40(2):159-211. doi:10.1177/0148607115621863 | |