Patients 165 157
Age (yearsa) 60.0 ± 25.0 65.0 ± 27.5 0.08
Sexb 0.28
Male 63.4% 70.6%
Female 36.6% 29.4%
Diagnostic groupb 0.15
Medical 81.5% 84.0%
Surgical 6.2% 1.9%
Trauma 12.3% 14.1%
APACHE IIc 18.9 ± 7.5 19.4 ± 7.4 0.81
SOFAc 7.2 ± 3.1 6.7 ± 3.0 0.17
Feeding tube caliber
at start of ENb
0.20
8F 1.2% 4.5%
8F 6.8% 4.5%
10 F 14.3% 15.4%
12 F 37.9% 30.1%
[12 F 39.8% 45.5%
Admission to EN timea (days) 1.0 ± 1.0 1.1 ± 1.0 0.51
Feeding formula caloric densityb 0.22
1.25 kcal/ml 59.3% 65.1%
[1.25 kcal/ml 40.7% 34.9%
Type of feeding formulab 0.58
Normoproteic 36.4% 45.0%
Hyperproteic 34.6% 29.4%
Pulmonary 19.5% 20.2%
Immunonutrition 9.3% 5.4%
EN durationa (days) 8.0 ± 12.0 11.0 ± 12.0 0.22
Cause of EN finalizationb 0.28
Oral diet 50.3% 49.0%
EN-related complications 3.6% 6.4%
Other complications 11.5% 5.1%
ICU discharge 18.8% 19.7%
Dead in ICU 15.7% 19.8%
EN enteral nutrition, GRV gastric residual volume
a Median ± IQR
b Percentage of patients
c Mean ± SD