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 |