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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Whole body protein kinetics during hypocaloric and normocaloric feeding in critically ill patients

Weight (kg)

Diagnosis

GCS, admission (score)

Study day (in ICU)

SOFA (study day)

Survival

Groupa

EE (kcal/kg)

TPN (kcal/kg)

Protein (g/kg)

Individual patients

79

TBI

3

17

5

Y

100/50

24.9

18.8

0.9

95

SDH

12

4

9

N

50/100

23.5

23.5

1.1

86

SDH

12

4

12

Y

100/50

25.8

24.6

1.2

76

SDH

3

8

9

Y

50/100

22.4

18.4

0.9

85

TBI

6

3

10

Y

100/50

27.0

25.9

1.3

77

ICH

6

10

6

Y

50/100

23.0

19.1

0.9

61

SAH

11

17

7

Y

100/50

31.3

20.3

1.2

78

TBI

6

5

9

Y

50/100

24.1

24.1

1.2

90

SAH

5

5

9

N

100/50

20.6

17.0

0.8

64

SDH

5

5

10

Y

50/100

25.8

16.4

0.8

65

EDH

4

4

9

Y

100/50

26.4

26.4

1.3

87

SDH

3

3

3

Y

50/100

19.9

19.9

1.0

89

SDH

4

1

7

Y

50/100

28.8

28.8

1.4

95

TBI

3

5

9

Y

100/50

27.1

26.5

1.3

100

SDH

5

11

7

Y

50/100

25.7

22.5

1.1

85

SDH

8

1

9

Y

100/50

18.9

15.5

0.8

Full patient sample (n = 16), mean values (SD)

82.0

NA

6.0

6.4

8.1

NA

NA

24.7

21.7

1.1

(11.5)

NA

(3.1)

(5.0)

(2.2)

NA

NA

(3.3)

(4.1)

(0.2)

  1. aPercent measured energy expenditure (EE) during 24 hours/percent measured EE during the next consecutive 24 hours. TBI, traumatic brain injury; SDH, subdural hemorrhage; ICH, ischemic brain injury; SAH, subarachnoid hemorrhage; EDH, epidural hemorrhage; GCS, Glasgow coma scale; SOFA, sequential organ failure assessment score; EE, energy expenditure; TPN, total parenteral nutrition; Y, yes; N, no; NA, not applicable.