Table 6

Incidence of liver dysfunction


TPN
EN
Total
p
OR (95% CI)

Overall patients
303
422
725


     Liver dysfunction
91 (30%)
75 (18%)
166 (23%)
0.001
1.7 (1.3–2.2)
     Cholestasis
31 (10%)
25 (6%)
56 (8%)
0.03
1.7 (1.04–2.9)
     Hepatic necrosis
28 (9%)
20 (5%)
48 (7%)
0.02
1.95 (1.1–3.4)
     Mixed pattern
56 (19%)
43 (10%)
99 (14%)
0.001
1.8 (1.3–2.6)
     Acalculous cholecystitis
1
2
3


Type of patients and liver dysfunction
91
75
166


     Medical
24 (23%)
44 (17%)
68 (19%)
0.3
1.2 (0.8–1.7)
     Surgical
55 (31%)
14 (16%)
69 (26%)
0.03
1.8 (1.02–3.1)
     Trauma
12 (52%)
17 (23%)
29 (37%)
0.02
2.1 (1.1–4)
Septic patients
122
86
208


     Liver dysfunction
47 (39%)
21 (24%)
68 (33%)
0.03
1.6 (1.02–2.4)
     Cholestasis
17 (14%)
6 (7%)
23 (11%)
0.1
1.9 (0.8–4.9)
     Hepatic necrosis
10 (8%)
3 (4%)
13 (6%)
0.2
2.4 (0.7–8.2)
     Mixed pattern
30 (25%)
14 (16%)
44 (21%)
0.1
1.5 (0.9–2.7)
Non-septic patients
181
336
517


     Liver dysfunction
44 (24%)
54 (16%)
98 (19%)
0.02
1.5 (1.06–2.2)
     Cholestasis
14 (8%)
19 (6%)
33 (6%)
0.4
1.4 (0.7–2.7)
     Hepatic necrosis
18 (10%)
17 (5%)
35 (7%)
0.04
2 (1.03–3.7)
     Mixed pattern
26 (14%)
29 (9%)
55 (11%)
0.04
1.7 (1.01–2.7)

CI, confidence interval; EN, enteral nutrition; OR, odds ratio; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.

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