Table 1 Patients’ characteristics according to the presence or absence of diarrhoea
From: Diarrhoea in the ICU: respective contribution of feeding and antibiotics
Patients with diarrhoea | Patients without diarrhoea | Pvalue | |
|---|---|---|---|
(n = 38, 14%) | (n = 240, 86%) | ||
At admission | |||
Age (years) | 59 ± 17 | 59 ± 16 | 0.839 |
Gender (male/female) | 17(45)/21 (55) | 155 (65)/85 (35) | 0.019 |
BMI (kg/m2) | 23.9 ± 4.3 | 25.8 ± 4.7 | 0.029 |
APACHE II score | 25 ± 7 | 20 ± 8 | 0.003 |
SAPS II score | 50 ± 17 | 41 ± 17 | 0.004 |
Medical/surgical | 25 (66)/13 (34) | 143 (60)/97 (40) | 0.467 |
Diagnosis | |||
Gastrointestinal surgery | 4 (11) | 7 (3) | 0.005 |
Gastrointestinal disease | 2 (5) | 4 (2) | 0.005 |
Respiratory | 14 (37) | 43 (18) | 0.005 |
Neurologic | 3 (8) | 43 (18) | 0.005 |
Cardiac surgery | 3 (8) | 30 (12) | 0.005 |
Trauma | 2 (5) | 18 (8) | 0.005 |
Infections (other than respiratory) | 3 (8) | 15 (6) | 0.005 |
Cardiac arrest | 1 (3) | 14 (6) | 0.005 |
Myocardial ischemia | 1 (3) | 45 (19) | 0.005 |
Other | 5 (13) | 21 (9) | 0.005 |
During ICU stay | |||
Ventilation | |||
Invasive | 27 (71) | 133 (55) | 0.070 |
Non-invasive | 8 (21) | 34 (14) | 0.271 |
Renal replacement therapy | 3 (8) | 11 (5) | 0.417 |
Bedsore | 10 (26) | 12 (5) | <0.001 |
Length of stay (days) | 15 ± 14 | 6 ± 7 | <0.001 |
Death in the ICU | 6 (16) | 27 (11) | 0.421 |