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Demographic data |
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| TPN |
EN |
Total |
p |
|
|
|
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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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 |
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