Table 5 Characteristics of the moderately and severely malnourished patients treated with either TPN or conservative management. TPN, total parenteral nutrition; BMI, body mass index; NRI, nutritional risk index; SBR, small bowel resection; PC, proximal colectomy; RSR, Rectosigmoid resection
|  | TPN (n = 57) | Conservative management (n = 140) | P value |
|---|---|---|---|
Age (years, median, range) | 47 (25–75) | 50 (25–75) | 0.6 |
Days to flatus (median, range) | 7 (4–10) | 7 (4–10) | 0.09 |
Days of hospitalization (median, range) | 11 (5–20) | 13 (5–20) | 0.02 |
Serum albumin (g/L) (median, range) | 1.4 (1–1.9) | 3.2 (2–5) | < 0.001 |
BMI at admission (median, range) | 61.6 (16–29.4) | 20.9 (16.1–29.8) | 0.9 |
BMI after surgery (median, range) | 20.8 (15.6–29.4) | 22.15 (15.2–30) | 0.048 |
NRI at admission (median, range) | 81.9 (75.2–97.3) | 84.3 (75.1–97.4) | 0.13 |
Days between surgery and TPN initiation (median, range) | 3 (1–5) |  |  |
Duration of TPN (median, range) | 3 (1–6) |  |  |
Bowel resection | Â | Â | Â |
SBR (n, %) | 13 (22.8%) | 32 (22.9%) | 0.998 |
PC (n, %) | 14 (24.6%) | 34 (24.3%) | Â |
RSR (n, %) | 12 (21.1%) | 31 (22.1%) | Â |
RSR + PC (n, %) | 18 (31.6%) | 43 (30.7%) |  |
Complications (n, %) | 4 (7.0%) | 11 (7.9%) | 0.84 |
Readmissions (n, %) | 3 (5.3%) | 8 (5.7%) | 0.9 |