TABLE 3.
Subject diagnoses1
| CIC (n = 22) | Sepsis (n = 22) | |
| Primary admitting diagnosis (n) | ||
| Respiratory distress | 3 | 4 |
| Overdose | 1 | 0 |
| Altered mental status or seizures | 4 | 1 |
| Gastrointestinal bleed | 6 | 3 |
| CVA/SAH | 3 | 1 |
| Sepsis or septic shock | 0 | 11 |
| Postoperative | 1 | 0 |
| Cellulitis | 1 | 0 |
| Pneumonia | 0 | 2 |
| Diabetic ketoacidosis | 1 | 0 |
| Other | 1 | 1 |
| Comorbid conditions2 (n) | ||
| COPD | 3 | 3 |
| Alcohol abuse | 2 | 1 |
| Diabetes | 5 | 6 |
| Pancreatitis | 2 | 0 |
| Coronary artery disease | 2 | 1 |
| Cirrhosis | 2 | 2 |
| Cancer | 4 | 2 |
| End-stage renal disease | 1 | 1 |
| Crohn disease | 1 | 0 |
| Other inflammatory | 1 | 5 |
1
CIC, critically ill control; CVA, cerebral vascular accident; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
2
Can affect nutritional status.