Table 2 Patient characteristics at the time of critical illness
Characteristic | Patients (n = 436) |
|---|---|
Characteristics upon ICU admission | |
Age (years), median (IQR) | 56 (46–64) |
BMI (kg/m2), median (IQR) | 25.7 (23.1–28.4) |
Randomized to early PN, no (%) | 222 (50.9) |
Nutritional risk score ≥ 5, no (%) | 70 (16.1) |
APACHE-II score first 24 h, median (IQR) | 26 (16–33) |
Emergency admission, no (%) | 271 (62.2) |
Admission diagnosis, no (%) | |
Cardiac surgery | 168 (38.5) |
Complicated abdominal or pelvic surgery | 44 (10.1) |
Transplantation | 76 (17.4) |
Trauma, burns or reconstructive surgery | 57 (13.1) |
Complicated pulmonary or esophageal surgery | 12 (2.8) |
Respiratory disease | 9 (2.1) |
Complicated vascular surgery | 19 (4.4) |
Gastroenterologic or hepatic disease | 9 (2.1) |
Complicated neurosurgery | 16 (3.7) |
Hematological or oncological disease | 2 (0.5) |
Neurological disease | 2 (0.5) |
Cardiovascular disease | 3 (0.7) |
Renal disease | 1 (0.2) |
Neurological presentation of medical disease | 2 (0.5) |
Metabolic disorder | 1 (0.2) |
Other | 15 (3.4) |
History of diabetes, no (%) | 47 (10.8) |
History of malignancy, no (%) | 55 (12.6) |
Pre-admission dialysis, no (%) | 3 (0.7) |
Sepsis upon admission, no (%) | 118 (27.1) |
ICU outcomes | |
New infection in ICU, no (%) | 145 (33.3) |
New need of dialysis, no (%) | 38 (8.7) |
Duration of mechanical ventilation (days), median (IQR) | 3 (1–8) |
Corticosteroid treatment, no (%) | 148 (33.9) |
Duration of corticosteroid treatment (days), median (IQR) | 0 (0–2) |
ICU length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 5 (2–13) |
Hospital length of stay (days), median (IQR) | 21 (11–35) |