≥65 years (n = 36) | <65 years (n = 21) | P-value | |
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Clinical course during hospitalization | |||
Length of stay (days) | 17.5 ± 12.9 | 9.0 ± 3.4 | 0.001* |
Fasting period (days) | 2.7 ± 7.2 | 0.2 ± 0.8 | 0.022* |
Duration of PPN implementation (days) | 8.4 ± 11.4 | 2.7 ± 2.6 | 0.014* |
Duration of antibiotic administration (days) | 8.9 ± 2.6 | 6.7 ± 2.9 | 0.002* |
Mean caloric intake | |||
Oral ingestion (kcal/day) | 1357.9 ± 533.1 | 1652.4 ± 366.5 | 0.030* |
PPN (kcal/day) | 266.9 ± 49.4 | 144.8 ± 153.6 | 0.034* |
Selected antibiotics | |||
High-dose ABPC | 18 | 13 | 0.384 |
Ceftriaxone | 6 | 6 | 0.288 |
Meropenem | 12 | 2 | 0.044* |