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Table 3 Nutritional parameters

From: The effect of cisatracurium infusion on the energy expenditure of critically ill patients: an observational cohort study

  

Total (n = 122)

NUTRIC score at admission

Median [IQR]

6 [4–7]

 ▪ Low risk (0–4 points)

N (%)

35 (29.9)

 ▪ High risk (5–9 points)

N (%)

82 (71.1)

Nutritional routea 

N (%)

 

 ▪ Enteral

 

91 (91.9)

 ▪ Parenteral

 

6 (6.1)

 ▪ Both

 

2 (2.0)

Average caloric intake (kcal/day)b

Mean (±SD)

831 (612)

  1. NUTRIC Nutrition Risk in Critically ill [20], IQR interquartile range, SD standard deviation
  2. aNutritional route during the first 24 h of ICU admission
  3. bAverage caloric and protein intake during the first day of cisatracurium administration (kcal/day)
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