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Fig. 2 | Critical Care

Fig. 2

From: Enteral versus parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials

Fig. 2

Effects on infectious complications in studies comparing enteral versus parenteral nutrition (N = 11 studies). Panel a shows the subgroup of aggregated trials in which the caloric intake in the PN group was significantly higher than in the EN group, Panel b shows the subgroup of aggregated trials in which the PN and EN groups received similar caloric intake, and Panel c includes one trial where caloric intake was not reported. CI confidence interval, EN enteral nutrition, M-H Mantel-Haenszel test, PN parenteral nutrition

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