Table 2.

Hospitalization, mortality, and infection status in all patients.

Variable	Combined group (n=38)	Enteral nutrition group (n=38)	P value
Hospitalization in ICU, days	10.32 ± 5.31	14.24 ± 6.79	<0.001
1-month mortality, n (%)	5 (13)	7 (18)	0.329
Infections, n (%)
Pulmonary infection	17 (45)	28 (74)	<0.001
Intracranial infection	5 (13)	5 (13)	>0.95
Incision infection	3 (8)	2 (5)	0.390
Blood infection	4 (11)	3 (8)	0.469
Sepsis	4 (11)	3 (8)	0.469
Septic shock	3 (8)	2 (5)	0.390
Systemic inflammatory response syndrome	3 (8)	3 (8)	>0.95

P values calculated by Students t-test for continuous data and χ² test for rates.