[Table/Fig-1]:
Demographic characteristics in three nutrition support groups at the beginning of admission.
| Variables\Groups | Intermittent (n=20) |
Continuous (n=20) |
Combination (n=20) |
Mean (n=60) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age (year) | 34.2± 11.3 | 32± 8.7 | 37.8±16 | 34.6± 12.4 |
| Sex (male/female) | 4/16 | 7/13 | 3/17 | 46/14 |
| BMI (kg/m2) | 22.5±3.6 | 21.9±2.8 | 20.8± 3.4 | 21.7±3.3 |
| Survival rate (%) | 84.3± 10.4 | 85± 10.7 | 82.2± 13.8 | 83.5± 11.6 |
| ISS | 8.3± 7.6 | 14.5± 8.9 | 11.6± 8.2 | 11.4± 8.5 |
| APACHE-II | 18.7±5.3 | 18.6±4.6 | 17.6±5.8 | 18.3±5.2 |
| GCS | 6± 2.6 | 6.6± 2.6 | 6.5± 2.9 | 6.3± 2.7 |
| Using of Albumin during hospitalization (%) | 85± 0.36 | 79± 0.41 | 78± 0.42 | 81± 0.39 |
| Starting time of EN (day) | 5.2± 3.9 | 4.1± 1.9 | 4.6± 4.8 | 4.7± 3.6 |
| Starting time of PN (day) | 0 | 0 | 15.1±13.5 | 4.8± 10.3 |
| Dependency duration to mechanical ventilation (day) | 10.1± 6 | 9.9± 8.9 | 11.3± 8.9 | 10.4± 7.9 |