Electroacupuncture Improves Gastric Emptying in Critically Ill Neurosurgical Patients: A Pilot Study

Table 2

Baseline patient characteristics.

	Study group	Control group		Total
Age				0.40
Mean (SD)	51 (17.1)	44.7 (22.3)		47.4 (19.8)
Gender			1.00
Female	1 (14.3)	1 (11.1)		2 (12.5)
Male	6 (85.7)	8 (88.9)		14 (87.5)
Body mass index			0.12
Mean (SD)	25.4 (5.5)	21.3 (3.31)		23.1 (4.7)
Glasgow coma scale			0.63
Mean (SD)	5.4 (2.2)	7 (3.9)		6.3 (3.3)
Diabetes			—
Yes	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)
No	7 (100)	9 (100)		16 (100)
Hypertension			0.06
Yes	3 (42.9)	0 (0)		3 (18.8)
No	4 (57.1)	9 (100)		13 (81.2)
APACHE II			0.45
Mean (SD)	19.7 (4.8)	16.9 (6.6)		18.1 (5.8)
Ventilator support			—
Yes	7 (100)	9 (100)		16 (100)
No	0 (0)	0 (0)		0 (0)
Intracranial pressure monitor			—
Yes	7 (100)	8 (88.9)	1.00	15 (93.8)
No	0 (0)	1 (11.1)		1 (6.2)