Table 4

Clinical outcome

Underfeeding (n = 15)

Appropriate feeding (n = 20)

Overfeeding (n = 19)

APACHE II score (day 1)

19.9 ± 5.2

17.4 ± 4.0

17.7 ± 3.9

APACHE II score (day 14)

19.1 ± 7.0

17.3 ± 4.6

16.3 ± 5.0

Length of hospital stay (days)

79.2 ± 50.5

77.3 ± 69.1

74.1 ± 25.0

Length of intensive care unit stay (days)

45.2 ± 25.0

39.1 ± 19.9

31.0 ± 6.6

Length of ventilatory dependence (day)

65.2 ± 48.3

53.5 ± 28.1

58.0 ± 16.8

APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.

Kan et al. Critical Care 2003 7:R108   doi:10.1186/cc2366