INDICADORES DE QUALIDADE EM TERAPIA NUTRICIONAL (IQTN) NA AVALIAÇÃO DO CUIDADO NUTRICIONAL EM UNIDADES HOSPITALARES DO BRASIL: UMA REVISÃO DE LITERATURA

Malnutrition is understood as an imbalance caused by low nutrient intake or increased nutritional needs, in the hospital environment, malnutrition has a direct influence on the clinical course of the patient and is often neglected, resulting in complications such as: infections, delayed healing and prolonged duration of treatment. Hospitalization time. In these cases, nutritional therapy (NT) is used and, along with the implementation, adverse events may prevent the effective implementation of nt. in this context, the use of quality indicators in nutritional therapy (IQTN) are applied, aiming to ensure the effectiveness of daily routines associated with nutritional management. Thus, this work aims to verify the use of the iqtn tool in the evaluation of nutritional care in hospital units in Brazil. the present study is a bibliographical review of the literature, built from scientific articles in the medline database (pubmed), portal periódicos capes and latin american literature in health sciences (LILACS) using the descriptors “Protein-Energy Malnutrition”, “Quality Indicators in Health Care”, “Nutritional Therapy”. Articles that did not correspond to the topic of interest and those published in the last 11 years were excluded. After cataloging, 08 articles were added that demonstrated the implementation of IQTN in the evaluation of nutritional care in services provided in hospitals in Brazil. most studies present indicators in accordance with the proposed goals, but it is worth mentioning that there is a significant prevalence of malnutrition in all the studies selected in this research, however those that have greater adequacy in indices related to nutritional assessment and prescription x calorie and protein infusion has a better prognosis for hospitalized patients. Therefore, the implementation of the IQTN tool becomes necessary in hospital units, as through this method it is possible to assess the compliance of nutritional care in order to minimize risks and intercurrences.