Table 3. Comparison of baseline clinical and nutritional characteristics between the trial groups
Variable
Intervention group Mean ± SD N=10 Control group Mean ± SD N=10
P-value
Glasgow Coma Scale 6.20 ± 1.07 6.20 ± 1.32 0.47
Oxygen saturation; % 95.62 ± 2.88 96.27 ± 4.98 0.72
Pulse Rate; bpm 92.90 ± 16.68 89.80 ± 15.84 0.67
MAP; mmHg 89.80 ± 8.06 97.7 ± 9.36 0.06
APACHE II 13.90 ± 2.42 14.00 ± 3.43 0.94
SOFA 6.30 ± 1.57 6.30 ± 2.71 0.99
SAPS II 39.10 ± 8.28 36.30 ± 11.86 0.55
NUTRIC Score II 3.50 ± 0.97 3.40 ± 1.26 0.84
MAC; cm 27.60 ± 2.45 27.50 ± 3.92 0.95
Energy Expenditure; Kcal 1925.00 ± 272.08 1920.00 ± 278.09 0.97
Abbreviation. GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; bpm: beats per minute; MAP: Mean Arterial Pressure; NUTRIC: Nutrition Risk in Critically ill, APACHE: Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score, MAC: Mid Arm Circumference Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. † P-values were obtained from independent sample t-test. Abbreviation. GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; bpm: beats per minute; MAP: Mean Arterial Pressure; NUTRIC: Nutrition Risk in Critically ill, APACHE: Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score, MAC: Mid Arm Circumference Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. † P-values were obtained from independent sample t-test. Abbreviation. GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; bpm: beats per minute; MAP: Mean Arterial Pressure; NUTRIC: Nutrition Risk in Critically ill, APACHE: Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score, MAC: Mid Arm Circumference Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. † P-values were obtained from independent sample t-test. Abbreviation. GCS: Glasgow Coma Scale; bpm: beats per minute; MAP: Mean Arterial Pressure; NUTRIC: Nutrition Risk in Critically ill, APACHE: Acute Physiology And Chronic Health Evaluation, SOFA: Sequential Organ Failure Assessment, SAPS: Simplified Acute Physiology Score, MAC: Mid Arm Circumference Data are presented as mean ± standard deviation. † P-values were obtained from independent sample t-test.