Changes in appetite related gut hormones in intensive care unit patients: a pilot cohort study

Nematy, Mohsen; O'Flynn, Jacqui E; Wandrag, Liesl; Brynes, Audrey E; Brett, Stephen J; Patterson, Michael; Ghatei, Mohammad A; Bloom, Stephen R; Frost, Gary S

doi:10.1186/cc3957

Critical Care

Table 1 Diagnosis of ICU patients

From: Changes in appetite related gut hormones in intensive care unit patients: a pilot cohort study

No.	Age (years)	Feeding method	Target energy in ICU	APACHE II	ROD	LOS (ICU)	LOS (total)	Diagnosis	Reason for admission to ICU
1^a	68	Enteral-NG	1,800	27	0.302	12	48	MVR, hypotensive perioperatively	Haemodynamic, respiratory and renal instability
2^b	57	Enteral-NG	1,800	14	0.106	14	42	Cardiac tamponad following heart surgery	Haemodynamic and respiratory disruption
3^b	72	Oral	2,000	23	0.489	4	45	Chest pain and collapse	Haemodynamic and respiratory disruption
4^b	75	Enteral-NG	1,800	25	0.561	4	26	Biliary sepsis	Haemodynamic instability
5^a	77	Oral	1,700	23	0.46	9	17	COPD and pneumonia	Haemodynamic instability
6^b	35	TPN	2,000	16	0.256	16	60	Acute pancreatitis	Haemodynamic and respiratory instability
7^c	18	Enteral-NG	1,900	16	0.256	8	10	Congenital abnormality in lung vessels	Haemodynamic and respiratory disruption
8^b,c	82	Enteral-NG	1,800	20	0.517	25	47	Sigmoid vulvulous, large bowl resection	Haemodynamic and respiratory disruption
9^b	73	TPN	1,700	15	0.126	14	25	Post relaparatomy following pancreatectomy	Haemodynamic and respiratory disruption
10	66	Oral	1,800	13	0.227	6	9	Angioplasty-post insertion of stent	Haemodynamic instability
11^a,c	64	Enteral-NG	1,800	12	0.07	30	81	Post-emergency laparotomy	Renal instability
12^a	64	Enteral-NG	1,900	22	0.45	10	84	Post-emergency laparotomy	Haemodynamic and respiratory disruption
13^b	43	Enteral-NG	2,000	13	0.143	30	76	Global cerebral damage following hypoglycaemia	Hypoglycaemic coma
14^c	43	Enteral-NG	2,265	12	0.239	13	20	Craniotomy for intracerebral bleeding	Mental deterioration due to haemorrhage in cerebellum
15^b	80	Enteral-NG	1,800	35	0.823	10	45	Diabetic coma-NIDDM	Diabetic come, collapsed at home
16	40	Oral	1,900	17	0.649	2	10	Sepsis (leukaemia)	General deterioration and confusion

^aPatients with renal failure who were dialysis dependent. ^bPatients were considered for ghrelin and peptide YY statistics. ^cPatients died during stay in hospital. APACHE, Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation; COPD, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; ICU, intensive care unit; LOS, length of stay; MVR, mitral valve prolapse; NIDDM, non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus; NG, nasogastric; ROD, risk of death; TPN, total parenteral nutrition.

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