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Table 1 Patient’s characteristics

From: Evaluation of delivery of enteral nutrition in mechanically ventilated Malaysian ICU patients

Characteristics

Value, N = 77

Age, mean (SD), years

51.0 (16.6)

Sex, n (%)

 

  Male

49 (63.6)

  Female

28 (36.4)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 

  Malay

35 (45.5)

  Chinese

22 (28.6)

  Indian

16 (20.8)

  Others

4 (5.2)

Weight, mean (SD), kg

68.2 (11.8)

SAPS II, range (SD)

11-78 (16.4)

Time to initiation of Enteral Feeding after ICU admission, median (IQR) hours

15 (6–59)

Days to full feed, mean (range), days, n = 65

1.8 (0–6)

  1. All values are calculated based on a total of 77 patients unless otherwise stated.
  2. ICU = intensive care unit; SAPS II = simplified acute physiology score II; SD = standard deviation.