|
Variable
|
Gastric group Median (IQR)
|
Post-pyloric group Median (IQR)
|
|---|
|
Age
|
54 (40-63)
|
50 (45-70)
|
|
Sex (M:F)
|
28:26
|
24:26
|
|
APACHE II score
|
24.5 (20-28)
|
30 (25-35)a
|
|
Length of stay in days
|
5.02 (1.98-9.99)
|
5.3 (2.73-9.89)
|
|
Ventilator days
|
3.92 (1.5-8.54)
|
3.93 (2.3-8.38)
|
|
Number of interal feed days
|
3.92 (1.05-7.88)
|
3.63 (1.89-6.92)
|
|
Diagnoses: n (%)
| | |
|
Medical
| | |
|
Sepsis
|
7 (13)
|
9 (18)
|
|
Cardiac arrest
|
9 (17)
|
5 (10)
|
|
Respiratory infection
|
6 (11)
|
13 (26)
|
|
COAD
|
4 (7)
|
4 (8)
|
|
Other
|
21 (39)
|
16 (32)
|
|
Surgical
| | |
|
Trauma
|
6 (11)
|
2 (4)
|
|
Other
|
1 (2)
|
1 (2)
|
- APACHE = Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation; COAD = Chronic Obstructive Airways Disease; F = female; IQR = interquartile range; M = male.
- a P = 0.005.
