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Annals of Intensive Care

Table 3 Nutritional intake

From: Ultrasound assessment of rectus femoris and anterior tibialis muscles in young trauma patients

 

Day 0–5

Day 5–10

Day 10–15

Day 15–20

SF versus HPF p value

Enteral nutrition (ml/day)

 SF

850 [625–900]

1000 [1000–1400]*

1050 [950–1500]*

1350 [1000–1500]*

0.007

 HPF

1000 [700–1200]

1500 [1175–1500]*

1500 [1500–1700]*

1500 [1500–2000]*

Proteins (g/day)

 SF

47 [32–63]*

67 [50–91]*

70 [48–90]*

70 [50–90]*

0.001

 HPF

74 [40–93]*

112 [99–136]*

136 [112–136]*

120 [106–136]*

Total calories (kcal/day)

 SF

1059 [763–1200]*

1500 [1160–1915]*

1500 [1050–2062]*

1500 [1250–2200]*

0.005

 HPF

1326 [934–1564]*

1958 [1762–2250]*

2250 [1920–2341]*

2250 [1920–2560]*

  1. Data expressed as median [interquartile range]
  2. The overall p value refers to the comparison between the whole time series of changes SF versus HPF
  3. * p < 0.05 for the comparison of SF versus HPF at each time point
  4. See abbreviations in the text
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