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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2014 Apr 28.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Coll Surg. 2008 Jun 24;207(4):459–467. doi: 10.1016/j.jamcollsurg.2008.04.028

Table 4. Infectious and Noninfectious Outcomes in “Enteral Tolerant” Group.

Complications (%) Early EN only (n = 217) Early EN + PN (n = 32) Adjusted OR (95% CI) p-value
Late Infectious
Nosocomial Infection (excluding SSI) 92 (42) 22 (69) 2.5 (1.1-5.9) 0.03
Pneumonia 55 (25) 12 (38) 1.4 (0.6-3.3) 0.39
Blood Stream Infection (BSI) 24 (11) 10 (31) 3.4 (1.4-8.3) 0.007
Catheter Related BSI 2 (1) 2 (6) 9.8 (0.9-112.9) 0.07
Urinary Tract Infection 24 (11) 5 (16) 1.5 (0.5-4.6) 0.48
Surgical Site Infection (SSI) 31 (14) 6 (19) 1.3 (0.5-3.4) 0.65
Non-Infectious
Late ARDS (onset after 7 days) 4 (2) 3 (9) 5.4 (1.1-27.4) 0.04
Late Thromboembolic (onset after 7 days) 15 (7) 4 (13) 1.7 (0.5-5.7) 0.37
Death 18 (8) 6 (19) 2.7 (0.8-9.3) 0.10

Data are presented as number of patients in each group with percentage in parentheses. Associated p-values are based upon aOR.