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Table 3 Personal characteristics and clinical outcomes of patients (n = 1153)

From: The validation of a questionnaire to assess barriers to enteral feeding in critically ill patients: a multicenter international survey

Patient characteristics

N

%

Sex

  

 Male

687

59.6

 Female

466

40.4

Type of admission

  

 Medical

748

64.9

 Surgical elective

119

10.3

 Surgical Emergency

286

24.8

Admission diagnosis

  

 Cardiovascular/vascular*

143

12.4

 Respiratory*

294

25.5

 Gastrointestinal*

204

17.7

 Neurologic*

146

12.7

 Sepsis

122

10.6

 Trauma*

114

9.9

 Other

143

12.4

Contraindication to enteral nutrition

  

 No

1074

93.1

 Yes

79

6.9

Reasons enteral nutrition contraindicated

  

 Mechanical bowel obstruction

11

13.9

 Bowel ischemia

13

16.5

 Small bowel ileus

18

22.8

 Small bowel fistulae

1

1.3

 Gastrointestinal perforation

33

41.8

 Short gut syndrome

3

3.8

 

Mean

SD

Age (years)

61

17

Apache II score

22

8

Body mass index

27.5

8

Clinical outcomes at 60 days

Median

IQR

Length of ICU stay (days)#

8.8

5.7-15.9

Length of hospital stay (days)#

18.9

10.6-35.6

Length of mechanical ventilation (days)#

5.8

2.9-12.5

 

N

%

Patient died within 60 days of ICU admission

259

22.5

  1. *includes operative and non-operative admission diagnoses # Restrict to 60-day survivorsx.