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. 2016 Sep 14;70(12):1443–1450. doi: 10.1038/ejcn.2016.167

Table 3. Nutritional calories and the most relevant non-nutritional caloric sourcesa.

  Days of ICU admission
  1
2
3
4
5
6
7
  Mean (s.d.) Mean (s.d.) Mean (s.d.) Mean (s.d.) Mean (s.d.) Mean (s.d.) Mean (s.d.)
All patients (n=146)
 Dextrose 42 (66) 107 (110) 74 (83) 45 (68) 44 (73) 43 (77) 42 (71)
 Propofol 49 (86) 81 (149) 50 (111) 39 (94) 39 (97) 29 (90) 26 (90)
 Trisodium citrate 0 (4) 9 (57) 14 (72) 12 (73) 13 (73) 17 (82) 23 (95)
 Total NNCs 91 (120) 197 (197) 139 (155) 96 (135) 97 (132) 90 (138) 91 (136)
 Nutrition 196 (239) 1016 (548) 1325 (625) 1458 (619) 1564 (560) 1556 (543) 1576 (549)
 Total calories 289 (300) 1213 (552) 1455 (606) 1554 (628) 1661 (544) 1643 (528) 1663 (560)
 
Citrateb (n=12)
 Dextrose 58 (74) 97 (114) 108 (106) 46 (75) 68 (96) 36 (66) 22 (48)
 Propofol 31 (44) 48 (111) 23 (59) 17 (40) 16 (46) 1 (3) 0 (0)
 Trisodium citrate 4 (14) 106 (176) 175 (194) 144 (215) 143 (205) 212 (216) 263 (208)
 Total NNCs 93 (93) 250 (219) 305 (185) 207 (207) 227 (192) 249 (221) 285 (192)
 Nutrition 208 (221) 871 (558) 1093 (754) 1282 (718) 1186 (604) 1369 (598) 1485 (353)
 Total calories 303 (296) 1120 (525) 1379 (637) 1488 (712) 1413 (621) 1618 (554) 1771 (359)
 
Dextroseb (n=131)
 Dextrose 47 (68) 120 (110) 83 (84) 50 (69) 49 (74) 47 (79) 45 (73)
 Propofol 49 (88) 74 (135) 48 (103) 39 (94) 39 (99) 31 (94) 27 (93)
 Trisodium citrate 0 (0) 6 (41) 11 (59) 6 (46) 9 (60) 13 (72) 17 (80)
 Total NNCs 96 (124) 200 (190) 142 (149) 94 (128) 97 (131) 91 (138) 89 (132)
 Nutrition 185 (235) 974 (534) 1269 (613) 1427 (614) 1541 (559) 1527 (542) 1578 (539)
 Total calories 280 (302) 1174 (539) 1400 (599) 1521 (620) 1638 (546) 1615 (527) 1646 (567)
 
Propofolb (n=101)
 Dextrose 45 (67) 117 (120) 81 (86) 47 (68) 48 (79) 45 (81) 47 (76)
 Propofol 71 (96) 117 (167) 72 (128) 55 (108) 53 (109) 39 (103) 35 (103)
 Trisodium citrate 0 (0) 8 (47) 14 (67) 7 (52) 11 (67) 14 (79) 16 (80)
 Total NNCs 115 (132) 241 (212) 167 (167) 109 (138) 112 (140) 99 (148) 98 (139)
 Nutrition 203 (239) 981 (532) 1316 (643) 1484 (609) 1587 (551) 1544 (577) 1589 (552)
 Total calories 321 (310) 1222 (546) 1484 (609) 1593 (610) 1699 (533) 1640 (555) 1685 (555)

Abbreviations: ICU, intensive care unit; NNCs, non-nutritional calories.

Values are in mean (s.d.).

a

During the first 7 days of ICU admission, classified to subgroups.

b

Patients who received, respectively, citrate, dextrose (⩾5%) or propofol during the first 7 days of ICU admission.