Table 1.
Patients Baseline characteristics (n = 34).
| Age (y) | 65.9 ± 17.9 |
| Sex, male (n) % | 20 (58.8) |
| Subjects at any time point participating in the study, n (%) | |
| 1st week of ICU stay | 34 (100) |
| 2nd week of ICU stay | 30 (88.2) |
| 3rd week of ICU stay | 27 (79.4) |
| 4th week of ICU stay | 22 (64.7) |
| Nutritional data | |
| BMI on admission, (kgr/m2), (n) % | |
| Normal (18.5–24.9) | 13 (38.5%) |
| Overweight (25–29.9) | 9 (26.4%) |
| Obese (≥30) | 12 (35.2%) |
| Sepsis, (n) % | 23 (68.2%) |
| NUTRIC Score at admission, n (%) | |
| Low risk (0–4 points) | 15 (44.1%) |
| High Risk (5–9 points) | 29 (55.9%) |
| aFeeding route, (n) % | |
| Enteral | 25 (73.5% ( |
| Parenteral | 17 (20.7%) |
| Enteral + Parenteral | 2 (5.8%) |
| Clinical Data | |
| Ventilator days (30-day study period only) (mean ± sd) | 21.4 ± 7.9 |
| In Hospital Mortality, n (%) | 13 (38.1%) |
| 28 day Mortality, n (%) | 10 (29.4%) |
| ICU length of stay (days) (median, IQR) | 16 (8–38) |
| Hospital length of stay (days) (median, IQR) | 23 (8–45) |
| APACHE II score on admission, (median, IQR) | 18.9 (11–26.2) |
| Use of prone positioning, n (%) | 3 (8.8) |
| Use of paralysis with NMBAs (cicatracurium), n (%) | 26 (76.4%) |
| PEEP (cmH2O) (mean ± SD) | 9.9 ± 4.9 |
| Fi02 (%) (median IQR) | 55.4 (36.2–75.3) |
| Serum albumin g/L (mean ± SD) | 2.86 ± 0.80 |
Values represent median (IQR) or means (+SD) or number of subjects (n, %).
Abbreviations: BMI; body mass index, PEEP; positive end expiratory pressure, NUTRIC SCORE; Nutrition Risk in the Critically Ill, Fi02; fraction of inspired oxygen, REE; resting energy expenditure, APACHE; Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation.
a
Feeding route during the first 48 h on ICU admission.