An evaluation of enteral nutrition practices and nutritional provision in children during the entire length of stay in critical care

Table 2 Enteral nutrition practices and nutritional intake in children admitted in a paediatric intensive care unit by diagnostic group

Diagnostic group	CHD surgical		Medical group		General surgical
N (patients)	n = 48		n = 71		n = 11
	Median/N	IQR/%	Median/N	IQR/%	Median/N	IQR/%
Time to start EN (h)	20.3^*	16.4	6.5^***	10.9	11.4	53.5
EN start <24 h	29^*	60%	64^***	90%	6	55%
Nasojejunal feeding (d)	2	4.2%	3	4.2%	0	0%
% Daily fasting	24.0^*	29.2	9.4^***	21.9	41.7	66.7
% Fluid requirements	65.3^**	15.2	64.6^***	24.1	86.8	25.4
% Total fluid as EN	44.8^*	34.8	73.3	25.4	31.9	80.7
Energy (% BMR)	53.2^*	47.8	87.6	42.2	42.8	119.7
Protein (% RNI)	34.7^*	57.7	56.2	60.8	54.6	129.1
N (NSDs)	N = 367		N = 453		N = 67
	Median/N	IQR/%	Median/N	IQR/%	Median/N	IQR/%
Nasojejunal feeding (d)	16	4.3%	21	4.6%	0	0%
% Daily fasting	14.6^,*	43.8	4.2^***	33.3	29.2	95.8
% Fluid requirements	66.7^**	23.1	66.7^***	25.3	94.1	28.8
% Total fluid as EN	56.3^*	56.2	72.7^***	39.8	38.6	85.6
Energy (% BMR)	73.3^*	83.7	88.2^***	60.2	55.9	131.6
Protein (%RNI)	48.4^*	78.7	60.0^***	72.8	48.8	124.4

^*CHD Surgical significantly different from Medical; ^**CHD Surgical significantly different from general Surgical; ^***Medical different from general Surgical; % Daily Fasting: Daily fasting hours expressed as percentage of 24 hours (excluding time to initiate feeding on admission); % Fluid Requirements: Percentage of daily fluid requirements delivered; % Total Fluid as EN: Percentage of total fluid volume delivered as enteral nutrition; BMR: Basal Metabolic Rate; RNI: Recommended Nutrient Intake; IQR: Interquartile range.

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