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Table 1 Demographics of study participants

From: Glucose absorption and gastric emptying in critical illness

 

ICU patients (n = 19)

Healthy subjects (n = 19)

Age (years) (median range)

63 (28 to 79)*

24 (21 to 51)

Gender (M:F)

14:5

7:12

BMI (kg/m 2 )

26 (20 to 38)

24.4 (20 to 34.5)

APACHE II score (study day)

16 (12 to 26)

N/A

Diagnostic groups (n)

Trauma (5)

ICH (3)

Sepsis (4)

Respiratory failure (3)

Vascular (2)

Post-op ENT (1)

Burns (1)

N/A

Hospital survival (%)

80

N/A

Continuous renal replacement therapy (n)

3

N/A

Insulin therapy (n)

3

N/A

Baseline blood glucose level

(mMol/L). Mean (SD)

8.0 ± 2.1 *

5.6 ± 0.23

Prokinetics prior to study (n)

9

N/A

Catecholamines (n)

2

N/A

Propofol (n)

3

N/A

  1. * P < 0.001 when patients compared with healthy subjects.
  2. APACHE = acute physiology and chronic health evaluation; BMI = body mass index; ENT = ear nose and throat; F = female; ICH = intracranial haemorrhage; ICU = intensive care unit; M = male; Post-op = postoperative; SD = standard deviation.