TABLE 4.

Overall Procedural Experience

Procedural Experience
	DEN (n = 12)		SUA (n = 12)
Total procedures*	1.5 ± 0.3		2.8 ± 0.2
Positive fluid culture	8		8
Complications†	1		8
Postprocedure Experience
	Before	After‡	Before	After‡
TPN§	3	0	2	6
Positive blood culture	1	1	1	0
IV antibiotic use*	9	3‖	11	12
Vasopressor use	0	0	0	2
Organ failure	0	0	1	5
Pulmonary§	0	0	0	5
Circulatory	0	0	0	1
Renal	0	0	1	1
Multiple organ failure	0	0	0	1
ICU LOS, days§	0.2		11.9 ± 4.6
Floor LOS, days§	5.3 ± 1.4		23.6 ± 6.5
Clinical resolution	12		11
Mortality	0		1
Outpatient Experience¶
Follow-up duration, y	1.9 ± 0.3		2.5 ± 0.8
New endocrine insufficiency†	0		7
New exocrine insufficiency	3		5
Mortality	0		0

^*P < 0.001 for difference between DEN and SUA.

^†P < 0.01 for difference between DEN and SUA.

^‡Versus baseline.

^§P < 0.05 for difference between DEN and SUA.

^‖If significant change versus baseline.

^¶n indicates 11 in the SUA group.