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Table 1 Patient characteristics

From: Bedside adherence to clinical practice guidelines for enteral nutrition in critically ill patients receiving mechanical ventilation: a prospective, multi-centre, observational study

Number of patients

203

Hospital type (n)

 

Academic

89

Community

114

   Age (years)

62 ± 18

   Gender (male/female)

134/69

   SAPS II (points)

53 ± 18

   Body mass index (kg/m2)

27 ± 8

Primary diagnosis, n (%)

 

   Respiratory

65 (32)

   Cardiovascular

11 (5)

   Neurologic

54 (27)

   Renal

4 (2)

   Post surgical

7 (3)

   Septic shock

28 (14)

   Traumatologic

10 (5)

   Burns

1 (0.5)

   Other

23 (11)

Mechanical ventilation (days)

12 ± 9

Length of ICU stay (days)

15 ± 13

Length of hospital stay (days)

28 ± 19

ICU mortality, n (%)

50 (25)

In-hospital mortality, n (%)

65 (32)

  1. Continuous variables are reported as mean ± standard deviation and categorical variables as number of patients (percent)
  2. ICU: intensive care unit; SAPS II, simplified acute physiologic score II.