From: Timing of (supplemental) parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients: a systematic review
Outcome | Study | Study arms | Significance of results | ||
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EPN | LPN | EN | |||
Adequacy of calories (mean% ± SD) | Cahill 2011 [12] | 74.1 ± 21.2 | 57.4 ± 22.7 | 42.9 ± 21.2 | p < 0.001†|
Kutsogiannis 2011 [16] | 81.2 ± 23.1 | 64.3 ± 20.6 | 63.4 ± 23.4 | p < 0.0001†| |
Adequacy of proteins (mean% ± SD) | Cahill 2011 [12] | 71.5 ± 24.9 | 53.2 ± 22.7 | 37.8 ± 21.6 | p < 0.001†|
Kutsogiannis 2011 [16] | 80.1 ± 30.3 | 59.9 ± 21.2 | 59.3 24.3 | p < 0.0001†| |
Mean energy delivery (kcal/kg/d ± SD; % of energy target ± SD) | Heidegger 2013 [15] | x | 28 ± 5; 103 ± 18 | 20 ± 7; 77 ± 27 | p < 0.0001^ |