Table 1.
Clinical data of the 110 trauma patients who developed bloodstream infection after surgery in the ICU.
| Variables | Total (n = 110) | Enteral nutrition after ICU admission |
p value | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| <48 h (n = 68) | >48 h (n = 42) | |||
| Age (years) | 50.1 ± 15.5 | 50.7 ± 16.7 | 49.0 ± 13.5 | 0.57 |
| Gender (Male: Female) | 93:17 | 57:11 | 36:6 | 0.95 |
| APACHE II score≥ 20 | 56 (50.9) | 31 (45.6) | 25 (59.5) | 0.79 |
| ISS | 22.3 ± 7.6 | 24.7 ± 9.9 | 25.1 ± 6.6 | 0.31 |
| Injury mechanism | ||||
| Falling from height | 31 (28.2) | 23 (33.8) | 8 (19) | 0.66 |
| Traffic accidents | 46 (41.8) | 32 (47.1) | 14 (33.3) | 0.16 |
| Hitting by heavy objects | 15 (13.6) | 6 (8.8) | 9 (8.2) | 0.09 |
| Falling injury | 10 (9.1) | 7 (10.2) | 3 (7.1) | 0.57 |
| Crush injury | 4 (3.6) | 0 (0) | 4 (9.5) | 0.01 |
| Twisting and squeezing injury | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.8) | 0.07 |
| Others | 2 (1.8) | 0 (0) | 2 (4.8) | 0.07 |
| Intra-abdominal hypertension | 6 (5.5) | 3 (4.4) | 3 (7.1) | 0.31 |
| Enterectomy | 9 (8.2) | 1 (1.5) | 8 (19) | 0.01 |
| Ileum/transverse colon/sigmoid colostomy | 10 | 1/0/2 | 5/1/1 | 0.01 |
| Blood transfusion volume (mL) | 1800 (400, 4250) | 1600 (400, 2800) | 3100 (1000, 6145) | 0.04 |
| Total operation time (h) | 3.2 (1.9, 6.4) | 3.2 (1.9, 6.1) | 4.2 (1.8, 8.8) | 0.02 |
| Time of CVC (d) | 7.5 (3.0, 14.5) | 6.5 (2.0, 11.0) | 9.0 (5.0, 22.3) | 0.20 |
| Multiple drug resistance | 33 (30.0) | 24 (35.3) | 9 (21.4) | 0.34 |
| Time of ventilator use (d) | 13.0 (4.8, 21.0) | 12.0 (6.0, 21.0) | 13.5 (20, 20.3) | 0.38 |
| Days after surgery to start enteral nutrition | 1 (1, 2.6) | 1 (1, 1) | 4 (2, 6) | 0 |
| Days required to achieve the enteral nutrition standard | 3 (2, 9) | 2 (1,3) | 9 (5, 18) | 0 |
Data are expressed as mean ± standard deviation, median (Q1, Q3) or frequency (percent).
CVC: central venous catheterization; ICU: intensive care unit; APACHE II: acute physiology and chronic health evaluation II.