Table 2

Demographic data


TPN
EN
Total
p

Number of patients
303
422
725

Women
114 (38%)
123 (29%)
237 (33%)
0.02
Age in years
66 (48–73)
61 (45–71)
63 (47–72)
0.01
APACHE II score
17 (12–22)
19 (13–23)
18 (12–22)
0.08
MODS
5 (3–8)
5 (3–7)
5 (3–7)
0.95
Primary diagnosis



0.001
     Gastrointestinal surgery
145
33
178

     Respiratory failure
21
112
133

     Stroke
22
103
125

     Cardiovascular
36
50
86

     Trauma
19
64
83

     Infections in non-immunosuppressed patients
18
22
40

     Infections in immunosuppressed patients
4
7
11

     Metabolic diseases
5
5
10

     Urology
4
6
10

     Hematology
7
2
9

     Poisoning
4
4
8

     Obstetrics/Gynecology
6
1
7

     AIDS
1
1
2

     Other
11
12
23

Type of patients



0.001
     Medical
105
257
362

     Surgical
175
89
264

     Trauma
23
76
99

Sepsis on admission
122 (40%)
86 (20%)
208 (29%)
0.001
Septic shock on admission
70 (23%)
35 (8%)
105 (15%)
0.001
Patients on mechanical ventilation
239 (79%)
382 (91%)
621 (86%)
0.001
Days of mechanical ventilation
7 (2–16)
9 (4–17)
8 (3–16)
0.001
Intensive care unit length of stay in days
8 (5–17)
12 (7–21)
10 (6–20)
0.001
Hospital length of stay in days
25 (15–29)
25 (15–28)
25 (15–29)
0.6
Mortality at 28 days
85 (28.1%)
119 (28.2%)
204 (28%)
0.9

Parenthetical values indicate range or percentage. APACHE II, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II; EN, enteral nutrition; MODS, Multiple Organ Dysfunction Score; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.

Grau et al. Critical Care 2007 11:R10   doi:10.1186/cc5670