Nutrition before and during Surgery and the Inflammatory Response of the Heart: A Randomized Controlled Trial
Table 2
Patient characteristics and postoperative outcome.
Enteral group ()
Parenteral group ()
Control group ()
Patients
Age (years)
66.1 ± 6.1
66.6 ± 7.1
63.3 ± 6.7
Gender (% male)
12 (100)
10 (100)
11 (100)
BMI (kg/m2)
27.8 (27.0–30.9)
27.4 (26.2–30.3)
27.7 (24.2–30.0)
Fat-free mass index (kg/m2)
19.8 (18.3–21.0)
19.5 (18.2–21.1)
20.9 (18.4–21.7)
Diabetes mellitus (%)
3 (25.0)
4 (44.4)
3 (27.3)
EuroSCORE
2.0 (1.3–3.0)
3.0 (3.0–4.0)
2.0 (0.0–3.0)
Previous acute myocardial infarction (%)
5 (41.7)
6 (66.7)
2 (18.2)
Preoperative laboratory tests
Plasma CRP (mg/L)
0.8 (0.7–1.6)
2.7 (0.9–5.9)
0.6 (0.6–3.2)
Plasma albumin (g/L)
46.5 (45.3–48.8)
43.0 (41.0–47.0)
46.0 (45.0–48.0)
Plasma NT-proBNP (ng/L)
234 (54–522)
204 (121–439)
99 (71–431)
Intraoperative period
Propofol use (%)
8 (66.7)
4 (44.4)
8 (72.7)
Surgery duration (min)
268 ± 39
279 ± 27
294 ± 40
Postoperative period
Plasma CK-MB (µg/L)
9.0 (6.4–15.0)
8.2 (6.2–8.9)
10.3 (7.6–15.5)
Intensive care stay (hours)
21.5 (18.0–23.8)
24.0 (22.0–34.5)
21.0 (20.0–22.0)
Stent (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Catheterisation < 3 months (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (9.1)
Revascularisation < 3 months (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Infections < 3 months (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
1 (9.1)
Mortality (%)
0 (0)
0 (0)
0 (0)
Values are expressed as median (IQR) or mean ± SD. EuroSCORE, European System for Cardiac Operation Risk Evaluation score. The EuroSCORE is a validated risk stratification system to determine the risk profile for mortality of cardiothoracic surgery patients [13].
