Nutritional energy/protein requirements are based on the patient’s current nutritional status and severity/type of trauma suffered. The previous practices of over-feeding critically ill or injured patients by multiplying a calculated caloric goal by some “stress factor”, or increasing caloric intake above the goals calculated per the below guidelines, should NOT be applied to the ICU patient. This is associated with no nutritional benefit but a significant increase in the risk of adverse events and complications associated with overfeeding. 1, 2 Table 1 lists some basic guidelines and Table 2 lists vitamin and mineral supplementation recommendations.1-3