The Japanese Critical Care Nutrition Guideline 2024

Table 3 Basic outcomes adopted in JCCNG 2024

Outcome number	Contents	Benefit/harm	Priority scale
O1	Mortality	Benefit	9
O2	Length of ICU stay	Benefit	8
O3	Length of ventilator use	Benefit	8
O4	Infectious disease complications	Harm	8
O5	Physical function assessment at discharge or up to 1 year after discharge (ADL, QOL, BI, FIM, muscle strength, SPPB, 6-min walk distance, SF-36/8, and EQ5D5L)	Benefit	8
O6	Changes in muscle mass during hospitalization or after discharge (assessment using anthropometry, echocardiography, CT, and a bioelectrical impedance analysis)	Benefit	7
O7	All adverse events	Harm	7

JCCNG, Japanese Critical Care Nutrition Guideline; ADL, Activities of Daily Living; QOL, Quality of Life; BI, Barthel Index; FIM, Functional Independence Measure; SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery; SF-36/8, MOS 36/8-Item Short-Form Health Survey; EQ5D5L, EuroQol-5 Dimensions-5Level

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