Table 4.
Nutritional status, risk and support.
| Variable | n (%) |
|---|---|
| Number of patients | 136 |
| Nutritional status | |
| Hemoglobin, median (IQR), g/L | 128 (115–140) |
| Albumin, median (IQR), g/L | 30 (27–32) |
| ≥35 | 15 (11) |
| 30-35 | 45 (33) |
| ＜30 | 76 (56) |
| Prealbumin, median (IQR), mg/L | 86 (80–128) |
| mNUTRIC score | |
| High nutritional risk (≥5 points) | 83 (61) |
| Low nutritional risk (＜5 points) | 53 (39) |
| Nutritional support | |
| EN | 78 (57) |
| TPN | 13 (10) |
| EN + PN | 30 (22) |
| No nutritional support | 15 (11) |
| Route of EN | |
| Oral | 51 (47) |
| Nasogastric tube | 81 (75) |
| Nasal jejunal tube | 2 (2) |
| EN intolerance | |
| Vomiting/gastric retention | 34 (32) |
| Diarrhea | 5 (5) |
| Ileus | 0 |
| Hyperglycemia | 68 (63) |
| Hypoglycemia | 3 (3) |
Abbreviations: EN, enteral nutrition; IQR, interquartile range; mNUTRIC, modified Nutrition Risk in the Critically ill; PN, parenteral nutrition; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.