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Table 1 Patients' characteristics

From: A new technique for bedside placement of enteral feeding tubes: a prospective cohort study

Patients (no.)

27

Age (years)

66 ± 16

Gender (no.)

 

Male

16

Female

11

SAPS II score1

44 ± 13

Diagnosis (no.)

 

Abdominal/liver surgery

8

Trauma

5

Pancreatitis

4

Aortic disease/surgery

3

Cardiac surgery

2

Intracranial bleeding

2

Others

3

  1. 1SAPS: simplified acute physiology score. Data are shown as absolute numbers or mean values.
  2. ± standard deviation.
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