Table 5 Comparison between patients with, and those without, malnutrition
From: Feeding: the hidden variable affecting prognosis of critically ill children
Variable | No malnutrition (n=156) | Malnutrition (n=65) | p-value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age, months | 30 (8.8–72) | 12 (5.5–36) | 0.001* |
Sex | 78 (50%) | 31 (47.7%) | 0.76 |
PNagiven | 94 (60.3%) | 49 (75.4%) | 0.032* |
PN onset, days | 1 (1–6) | 3 (1–3) | 0.72 |
PN duration, days | 5 (3–9) | 6 (3–8) | 0.94 |
Enteral nutrition given | 141 (90.4%) | 54 (83.1%) | 0.12 |
Enteral nutrition onset, days | 4 (2–7) | 4.5 (2–7) | 0.39 |
Enteral nutrition duration, days | 4 (2–7.3) | 4 (2–8) | 0.85 |
Complex chronic condition | 72 (46.2%) | 32 (49.2%) | 0.68 |
Sepsis | 52 (33.3%) | 19 (29.3%) | 0.58 |
Admission pSOFAbscore | 5 (4–7) | 6 (4–8) | 0.090 |
Enteral feeding intolerance | 24 (15.5%) | 12 (18.5%) | 0.46 |
Time to full enteral caloric intake, days | 2 (1–5) | 4 (2–7) | 0.010* |
PICUcMortality | 22 (14.1%) | 17 (26.2%) | 0.032* |
PICU stay | 8.5 (4–15) | 8 (5–14.5) | 0.53 |
ARDSd | 3 (1.9%) | 2 (3.1%) | 0.63 |
Mechanical ventilation | 46 (29.5%) | 30 (46.2%) | 0.017* |
Mechanical ventilation duration, days | 0 (0–2.8) | 0 (0–5) | 0.041* |
Vasoactive infusion days | 0 (0–0) | 0 (0–2) | 0.10 |
Hospital-acquired infections | 47 (30.1%) | 21 (32.3%) | 0.75 |
Hospital-acquired infection type | |||
 VAPe | 5 (3.2%) | 4 (6.2%) | 0.31 |
 CLABSIf | 27 (17.3%) | 15 (23.1%) | |
 VAP+CLABSI** | 5 (3.2%) | 1 (1.5%) | |
 Others*** | 9 (5.8%) | 1 (1.5%) | |
Central venous catheter days | 0 (0–10) | 5 (0–11.5) | 0.088 |