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Table 4 Patient characteristics (per protocol analysis)

From: A randomised controlled comparison of early post-pyloric versus early gastric feeding to meet nutritional targets in ventilated intensive care patients

Variable

No post-pyloric tube

Median (IQR)

Post-pyloric tube

Median (IQR)

Age

53 (42-64)

56 (40-67)

Sex (M:F)

35:29

19:25

APACHE II score

26 (21-31.5)

28.5 (22.5-33.5)

Length of stay in days

4.97 (2.0-10.0)

5.57 (2.8-9.8)

Ventilator days

3.43 (1.6-8.4)

4.92 (2.3-8.2)

Number of interal feed days

3.1 (1.3-6.6)

4.02 (1.9-7.5)

  1. APACHE= Acute Physiologic and Chronic Health Evaluation; F = female; IQR = inter-quartile range; M = male.