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Table 2 Outcomes of patients with early nutrition and according to the type of early nutrition

From: Association between early nutrition support and 28-day mortality in critically ill patients: the FRANS prospective nutrition cohort study

 

No early nutrition (n = 488)

Early enteral (n = 504)

Early parenteral (n = 214)

P value†

Duration of IMV (days)

4.0 [2.0, 10.0]

10.0 [5.0, 18.0]

7.00 [3.0, 13.0]

 < 0.001

Duration of NIMV (days)

3.0 [2.0, 6.0]

3.0 [2.0, 4.0]

3.00 [2.0, 5.0]

0.017

Ventilator-free days D28 (days)

5.0 [2.0, 11.0]

3.0 [1.0, 8.0]

5.00 [2.0, 10.0]

 < 0.001

ICU LOS

8.0 [5.0, 16.0]

13.5 [7.0, 24.0]

12.00 [7.0, 20.0]

 < 0.001

28-day mortality

71 (14.6)

110 (21.9)

45 (21.2)

0.008

ICU mortality

61 (12.5)

119 (23.7)

43 (20.1)

 < 0.001

  1. Results are presented as the median (25th–75th percentiles) for quantitative variables and patient number (proportion) for qualitative variables. N = 1206
  2. IMV invasive mechanical ventilation, NIMV noninvasive mechanical ventilation, LOS length of stay
  3. †One-way ANOVA or Kruskal–Wallis between the three groups (no early, early enteral, early parenteral) according to the variable normality
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