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. 2013 Sep 2;1:36. doi: 10.1186/2050-2974-1-36

Table 1.

Papers meeting the inclusion criteria

Author
 Study design
 Method
 Sample size
 Age (years)
 Admission BMI (kg/m 2 )
 Discharge BMI (kg/m 2 )
 Change in weight (kg)
 Length of stay (days)
 Prescribed energy intake (kCal)
N = 26 n = 26 n = 37 n = 37 n = 31 n = 31 n = 24 n = 31 n = 27 n = 16
Castro-Fornieles, [10]
 Observational
 Food
 49
 14.4
 15.5
 18.4
 8.7
 29.8
 -
Castro, [17]
 Observational
 Food
 101
 14.9
 15.9
 -
 6.3
 31.2
 -
Courterier, [18]
 Chart review
 NG + food
 12
 15.7
 -
 -
 5.5
 78.0
 -
Dalle Grave, [19]
 Chart review
 Food
 35
 22.3
 12.6
 -
 10.1
 92.4
 -
Diamanti, [8]
 Chart review
 PN + food
 104
 14.9
 14.3
 15.6
 3.1
 30.7
 2175
Food
 94
 15.2
 16.0
 16.3
 1.2
 15.6
 2078
Garber, [20]
 Observational
 SUP + food
 35
 16.2
 16.3
 -
 2.4
 16.7
 2668
Gentile, [21]
 Observational
 NG + food
 33
 22.8
 11.3
 13.5
 5.4
 -
 1736
Gentile, [22]
 Chart review
 NG + food
 75
 16.8
 12.6
 18.3
 14.9
 -
 -
Hart, [23]
 Observational
 SUP + food
 96
 -
 15.1
 16.9
 4.2
 48.7
 2520
Food
 318
 -
 16.6
 17.8
 3.3
 38.0
 1980
Imbierowicz, [7]
 Chart review
 SUP + food
 42
 24.8
 15.2
 -
 5.2
 72.8
 -
Food
 42
 23.7
 15.3
 -
 3.5
 82.6
 -
Krahn, [24]
 Observational
 Food
 10
 -
 15.4
 19.4
 10.4
 -
 3600
Lay, [25]
 Chart review
 Food
 40
 15.2
 13.6
 17.2
 9.4
 141.0
 -
Lund, [26]
 Prospective
 NG + food
 79
 21.6
 16.3
 20.8
 12.2
 103.4
 -
Neiderman, [27]
 Survey
 NG + food
 19
 13.6
 15.4
 17.5
 -
 -
 -
Okamoto, [28]
 Observational
 SUP + food
 21
 20.5
 13.5
 16.7
 -
 108.9
 -
Food 1
 7
 18.4
 12.9
 15.7
 -
 149.0
 -
Food 2
 7
 18.2
 14.5
 16.0
 -
 70.4
 -
Ornstein, [29]
 Chart review
 NG + food
 69
 15.5
 15.0
 16.9
 4.9
 25.6
 -
Ostuzzi, [30]
 Observational
 SUP + food
 53
 24.7
 -
 -
 6.2
 101.9
 -
Pertushuk, [31]
 Chart review
 PN + food
 23
 25.4
 -
 -
 2.5
 62.6
 -
Food
 136
 23.8
 -
 -
 1.1
 29.6
 -
Rigaud, [32]
 RCT
 NG + food
 19
 -
 15.8
 17.4
 -
 -
 1832
Food
 17
 -
 16.2
 16.6
 -
 -
 1642
Rigaud, [9]
 RCT
 NG + food
 41
 22.5
 12.1
 17.9
 9.6
 -
 -
Food
 40
 24.2
 12.8
 15.9
 5.0
 -
 -
Robb, [33]
 Chart review
 NG + food
 52
 14.8
 15.5
 17.5
 5.4
 22.3
 3255
Food
 48
 15.0
 16.0
 16.8
 2.4
 22.1
 2508
Silber, [34]
 Chart review
 NG + food
 6
 13.8
 15.3
 19.1
 10.9
 36.0
 4350
Food
 8
 14.9
 17.4
 18.5
 3.8
 39.9
 3400
Stordy, [35]
 Observational
 Food
 11
 19.9
 -
 -
 12.8
 -
 2800
Tonoike, [36]
 Chart review
 PN + food
 46
 21.0
 12.7
 17.2
 11.1
 63.5
 -
Walker, [37]
 Observational
 SUP + food
 29
 -
 -
 -
 8.4
 -
 -
Zeurcher, [38]
 Chart review
 NG + food
 155
 25.7
 14.2
 -
 8.1
 61.0
 3035
    Food 226 25.2 15.7 - 5.7 48.3 2815

Food = Food only; SUP = High-energy liquid supplements; NG = Nasogastric feeding; PN = Parenteral nutrition; RCT = Randomised controlled trial.