Table 2.
Patients’ characteristics.
| Data | Cohort n = 55 |
Men n = 37 (67.3%) |
Women n = 18 (32.7%) |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age, y | 60 (52–67) | 58 (52–67.5) | 64 (50.5–67.8) | |
| Comorbidities, n (%) | Cardiovascular a | 38 (69.1) | 26 (70.3) | 12 (66.7) |
| Respiratory b | 15 (27.3) | 12 (32.4) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Digestive c | 26 (47.3) | 19 (51.4) | 7 (22.2) | |
| Metabolic and endocrine d | 20 (36.4) | 13 (35.1) | 7 (22.2) | |
| Chronic kidney disease | 28 (50.9) | 22 (59.5) | 6 (33.3) | |
| Oncologic | 6 (11) | 3 ((8.1) | 3 (16.7) | |
| Chronic alcoholism | 17 (30.9) | 15 (40.5) | 2 (11.1) | |
| SAPS II | 40 (25.7–54.5) | 46 (24.7–64.3) | 34 (24.5–45) | |
| Admission reason, n (%) | Medical | 30 (54.5) | 17 (45.9) | 13 (72.2) |
| Surgical | 25 (45.5) | 20 (54.1) | 5 (27.8) | |
| Admission failure, n (%) | Cardiovascular | 21 (38.2) | 16 (43.2) | 5 (27.8) |
| Pulmonary | 10 (18.2) | 8 (21.6) | 2 (11) | |
| Neurologic | 12 (21.8) | 3 (8.2) | 9 (50) | |
| Digestive | 5 (9) | 4 (10.8) | 1 (5.6) | |
| Trauma | 3 (5.5) | 2 (5.4) | 1 (5.6) | |
| Other | 4 (7.3) | 4 (10.8) | 0 | |
| Mechanical ventilation, n (%) | 39 (70.9) | 28 (75.7) | 11 (61.1) | |
| Duration of mechanical ventilation, days | 6 (2–10) | 5 (2–9) | 7 (2–15) | |
| Renal replacement therapy (RRT), n (%) | 2 (3.6) | 1 (2.7) | 1 (5.6) | |
| RRT duration, days | 6 and 9 | 9 | 6 | |
| Insulin, n (%) | 35 (63.6) | 25 (67.6) | 10 (55.6) | |
| Insulin duration, days | 6 (2–11) | 6 (1.5–11.5) | 6 (3.2–8.5) | |
| Nutrition route, n (%) | PO | 17 (30.9) | 13 (35.2) | 4 (22.2) |
| PO + EN | 6 (11) | 4 (10.8) | 2 (11) | |
| EN | 24 (43.6) | 14 (37.8) | 10 (55.6) | |
| EN + PN | 5 (9) | 4 (10.8) | 1 (5.6) | |
| PN | 3 (5.5) | 2 (5.4) | 1 (5.6) | |
| ICU LOS, days | 12 (7–16) | 12 (7–16) | 11.5 (7–17) | |
| Hospital LOS, days | 25 (17–41) | 22 (17–32.2) | 34 (20–58) | |
Data are expressed as median with lower and upper quartiles (Q1-Q3). EN: enteral nutrition; ICU: intensive care unit; LOS: length of stay; PO: per os; PN: parenteral nutrition; SAPS II: Simplified Acute Physiology Score. a Ischemic heart disease, valvular disease, cardiomyopathies, chronic heart disease, hypertension. b Asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and interstitial lung diseases. c Gastro-esophageal reflux, ulcers, digestive surgery, pancreatitis. d Hypo- or hyperthyroidism, hyperlipidemia.