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. 2013 Jul 24;17(4):R158. doi: 10.1186/cc12837

Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Weight (kg) Diagnosis GCS, admission (score) Study day (in ICU) SOFA (study day) Survival Group a EE (kcal/kg) TPN (kcal/kg) Protein (g/kg)
Individual patients
79
TBI
3
17
5
Y
100/50
24.9
18.8
0.9
95
SDH
12
4
9
N
50/100
23.5
23.5
1.1
86
SDH
12
4
12
Y
100/50
25.8
24.6
1.2
76
SDH
3
8
9
Y
50/100
22.4
18.4
0.9
85
TBI
6
3
10
Y
100/50
27.0
25.9
1.3
77
ICH
6
10
6
Y
50/100
23.0
19.1
0.9
61
SAH
11
17
7
Y
100/50
31.3
20.3
1.2
78
TBI
6
5
9
Y
50/100
24.1
24.1
1.2
90
SAH
5
5
9
N
100/50
20.6
17.0
0.8
64
SDH
5
5
10
Y
50/100
25.8
16.4
0.8
65
EDH
4
4
9
Y
100/50
26.4
26.4
1.3
87
SDH
3
3
3
Y
50/100
19.9
19.9
1.0
89
SDH
4
1
7
Y
50/100
28.8
28.8
1.4
95
TBI
3
5
9
Y
100/50
27.1
26.5
1.3
100
SDH
5
11
7
Y
50/100
25.7
22.5
1.1
85
SDH
8
1
9
Y
100/50
18.9
15.5
0.8
Full patient sample (n = 16), mean values (SD)
82.0
NA
6.0
6.4
8.1
NA
NA
24.7
21.7
1.1
(11.5) NA (3.1) (5.0) (2.2) NA NA (3.3) (4.1) (0.2)

aPercent measured energy expenditure (EE) during 24 hours/percent measured EE during the next consecutive 24 hours. TBI, traumatic brain injury; SDH, subdural hemorrhage; ICH, ischemic brain injury; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; EDH, epidural hemorrhage; GCS, Glasgow coma scale; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment score; EE, energy expenditure; TPN, total parenteral nutrition; Y, yes; N, no; NA, not applicable.