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. 2012 May 25;16(3):R96. doi: 10.1186/cc11361

Table 2.

Pharmacie costs split by Anatomical Therapeutic Chemical classification system classes

Category Early PN, euros Late PN, euros Mean difference, euros P value (t test)

Mean p25-p75 Mean p25-p75
Total hospital stay
 0 618.00 1.00-239.00 585.00 1.00-207.00 34.00 0.71
 A 134.00 25.00-146.00 124.00 24.00-126.00 9.00 0.14
 B 1,162.00 202.00-1,102.00 942.00 176.00-830.00 220.00 0.006
 C 137.00 16.00-119.00 133.00 16.00-109.00 5.00 0.61
 D 23.00 0.00-13.00 17.00 0.00-12.00 6.00 0.12
 G 3.00 0.00-0.00 7.00 0.00-0.00 −4.00 0.08
 H 94.00 0.00-15.00 80.00 0.00-11.00 14.00 0.50
 J 1,117.00 17.00-739.00 889.00 17.00-649.00 227.00 0.02
 L 187.00 0.00-0.00 161.00 0.00-0.00 26.00 0.23
 M 27.00 0.00-16.00 20.00 0.00-15.00 7.00 0.05
 N 260.00 56.00-215.00 240.00 54.00-202.00 20.00 0.34
 P 0.00 0.00-0.00 0.00 0.00-0.00 0.00 0.17
 R 17.00 0.00-16.00 16.00 0.00-16.00 1.00 0.42
 S 2.00 0.00-0.00 1.00 0.00-0.00 0.00 0.14
 V 59.00 2.00-40.00 51.00 3.00-32.00 8.00 0.13
 Total 3,843.00 414.00-3,866.00 3,271.00 397.00-3,314.00 572.00 0.01
Period 1 (in ICU)
 0 330.00 0.00-91.00 370.00 0.00-69.00 −40.00 0.60
 A 90.00 16.00-92.00 82.00 14.00-74.00 8.00 0.11
 B 797.00 133.00-718.00 612.00 101.00-467.00 186.00 0.0001
 C 110.00 5.00-92.00 102.00 5.00-77.00 8.00 0.34
 D 13.00 0.00-6.00 8.00 0.00-4.00 5.00 0.13
 G 2.00 0.00-0.00 2.00 0.00-0.00 0.00 0.56
 H 45.00 0.00-7.00 35.00 0.00-4.00 10.00 0.17
 J 665.00 9.00-317.00 520.00 9.00-221.00 145.00 0.04
 L 115.00 0.00-0.00 99.00 0.00-0.00 16.00 0.29
 M 18.00 0.00-9.00 15.00 0.00-8.00 4.00 0.08
 N 200.00 35.00-154.00 184.00 33.00-138.00 16.00 0.36
 P 0.00 0.00-0.00 0.00 0.00-0.00 0.00 0.71
 R 7.00 0.00-4.00 6.00 0.00-3.00 1.00 0.48
 S 1.00 0.00-0.00 1.00 0.00-0.00 0.00 0.46
 V 38.00 2.00-15.00 31.00 2.00-12.00 6.00 0.15
 Total 2,435.00 252.00-2,005.00 2,071.00 235.00-1,458.00 364.00 0.03

Early PN, parenteral nutrition administered during the first week of critical illness when enteral nutrition is insufficient; ICU, intensive care unit; Late PN, no parenteral nutrition administered before day 8 of critical illness; p25-p75, interquartile range (25th and 75th percentiles).