TABLE 2.
ENTERAL NUTRITION (EN) DELIVERY IN CRITICALLY ILL CHILDREN: COMPARISON OF PRE- AND POST-INTERVENTION COHORTS
| Variable: | 2008 N = 80 |
2011 N = 80 |
P value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Days from PICU admission to starting EN Median (IQR) | 1.0 (0.0, 3.5) | 1.0 (2.0, 3.5) | P = 0.08 |
| Energy goal reached during PICU course*, n (%) | 49 (61) | 79 (99) | P= 0.01* |
| Median (IQR) time to reach energy intake goal, in days | 4 (1, 8) | 1 (1, 3) | P<0.01* |
| Post-pyloric feeding (n, %) | 16 (20) | 15 (19) | P = 0.9 |
| Number of total EN interruptions (n) | 88 | 83 | - |
| Patients with EN interruption (n, %) | 24 (30) | 28 (34) | P = 0.6 |
| Interruptions to EN (Average/patient), mean (SD) median (IQR) | 3.7 (+/− 3.1) | 2.8 (+/− 2.3) | P = 0.28 |
| Avoidable interruptions to EN (n, % of all EN interruptions) | 51 (58) | 3 (3.7) | P < 0.0001* |
| Patients on EN + PN during PICU course, n (%) | 13 (16) | 10 (12.5) | P = 0.65 |
| PN days, median (IQR) | 6 (3.0, 10.0) | 7.5 (3.7, 14.8) | P = 0.55 |
EN = enteral nutrition, PN = parenteral nutrition, IQR = interquertile range