Table 3 Comparison of the characteristics of nutrition between the children with shock and the other critically ill patients who received postpyloric nutrition
SHOCK | Other patients | p | |
|---|---|---|---|
Number of patients | 65 | 461 | |
Parenteral nutrition | |||
Patients (number, %) (median, range) | 14 (21.5%) 4 (1–30) | 80 (17.4%) 6 (0–99) | .391 .956 |
Days before TEN (median, range) | 2 (0.1–28) | 2 (0.4–90) | .431 |
Initiation of the TEN within the first 48 h after admission | 44 (67.6%) | 284 (61.6%) | .275 |
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 |
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 |
Gastrointestinal complications | 20 (30.7%) | 42 (9.1%) | .0001 |
Abdominal distension/excessive gastric residue | 10 (15.4%) | 23 (5%) | .004 |
Diarrhoea | 13 (20%) | 21 (4.6%) | .0001 |
Necrotising enterocolitis | 1 (1.5%) | 2 (0.4%) | .432 |
Duodenal perforation | 1 (1.5%) | 0 | - |
Definitive suspension of TEN | 6 (9.2%) | 5 (1%) | .0001 |