Marjon Borgert

96 Chapter 5 RESULTS Demographics A total of 6862 patients were admitted to the ICU from 2012 to 2014. Table 1 shows the di erences between the patients who received enteral nutrition and who were not. Sixty ve percent of the patients (4456/6862) received other forms of intake than EN,70% (3115/4456) of these patients, mostly elective admitted were discharged from the ICUwithin 48 hours after admission. In 34% (2355/6862) patients received EN during ICU admission. Patients who received EN were longer admitted to the ICU and were more severely ill than patients who did not receive EN. Table 1. Patient demographics Enterally fed patients Non-enterally fed patients 95% CI, P -value Total number of ICU patients 2355 4456 Age, mean (sd) 61.3 (15.6) 60.7 (16.9) -1.46 to 0.15, P 0.1086 Gender, Male, % (n/N) 60% (1413/2353) 62% (2778/4455) P 0.0063 Planned admission, % (n/N) 18% (422/2355) 45% (1982/4456) -0.29 to -0.24, P <0.001 Apache II, mean (sd) 19.52 (7.39) 14.70 (6.34) -5.1743 to -4.4707, P <0.001 ICU LOS in hours, median (IQR) 95.0 (45-214) 32.0 (20-63) P <0.001 Died in ICU, % (n/N) 28% (659/2355) 8% (359/4456) P <0.001 Feeding tube locations InTable 2 the feeding tube locations are shown for the delivery of EN. In the vast majority of patients a nasogastric tube was used (87%, 2037/2355). The median hours fed by using a nasogastric tube remained stable over the years. From 2012 to 2014 the median hours fed by a nasojejunal feeding tube decreased from 128 hours (IQR 43 to 336) to 19 hours (IQR (3 to 45) respectively, P -value <0.001.