Table 3 |
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Comparison of the characteristics of nutrition between the children with shock and the other critically ill patients who received postpyloric nutrition |
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SHOCK |
Other patients |
p |
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Number of patients |
65 |
461 |
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Parenteral nutrition |
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Patients (number, %) (median, range) |
14 (21.5%) 4 (1–30) |
80 (17.4%) 6 (0–99) |
.391 .956 |
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Days before TEN (median, range) |
2 (0.1–28) |
2 (0.4–90) |
.431 |
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Initiation of the TEN within the first 48 h after admission |
44 (67.6%) |
284 (61.6%) |
.275 |
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Calorie intake in the first 24 h of TEN (kcal/100 kcal metabolised/day) (median, range) |
44.6 (20–79) |
48.5 (27.5–107) |
.373 |
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Maximum calorie intake (kcal/100 kcal metabolised/day) (median, range) |
83 (15–121) |
84 (15–162) |
.106 |
|
TEN duration (days) (median, range) |
13 (0.4–240) |
7 (0.5–140) |
.020 |
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Gastrointestinal complications |
20 (30.7%) |
42 (9.1%) |
.0001 |
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Abdominal distension/excessive gastric residue |
10 (15.4%) |
23 (5%) |
.004 |
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Diarrhoea |
13 (20%) |
21 (4.6%) |
.0001 |
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Necrotising enterocolitis |
1 (1.5%) |
2 (0.4%) |
.432 |
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Duodenal perforation |
1 (1.5%) |
0 |
- |
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Definitive suspension of TEN |
6 (9.2%) |
5 (1%) |
.0001 |
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López-Herce et al. Nutrition Journal 2008 7:6 doi:10.1186/1475-2891-7-6 |
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