Table 1 Patient clinical characteristics
Group | ||
|---|---|---|
Patient characteristics | Control | NMES |
n | 30 | 30 |
Age, years | 33 (95% CI 29 to 37) | 30 (95% CI 27 to 33) |
Male sex, n (%) | 26 (87%) | 26 (87%) |
AIS (head) | 5 [5–5] | 5 [5–5] |
AIS (lower extremities) | 1 [0–1] | 1 [0–1] |
Injury severity score | 26 [26–30] | 27 [26–34] |
Cause of injury | ||
• Motorcycle, n (%) | 11 (37%) | 10 (33%) |
• Motor Vehicle, n (%) | 7 (23%) | 2 (7%) |
• Beating, n (%) | 8 (27%) | 3 (10%) |
• Gunshot, n (%) | 2 (7%) | 6 (20%) |
• Pedestrians, n (%) | 1 (3%) | 4 (13%) |
• Fall, n (%) | 1 (3%) | 5 (17%) |
Penetrating trauma mechanism, n (%) | 3 (10%) | 8 (27%) |
Operative intervention, n (%) | 20 (67%) | 20 (67%) |
APACHE II at ICU admission | 11 [9–14] | 11 [8–13] |
SOFA at ICU admission | 6 [4–9] | 5 [5–8] |
SAPS 3 at ICU admission | 40 [32–47] | 40 [30–48] |
Diffuse axonal injury grade | 2 [2–3] | 3 [2–3] |
Leucocytes on admission, unit | 18.8 (95% CI 8.1 to 29.4) | 16.7 (95% CI 14.5 to 18.9) |
PaO2/FiO2 ratio on admission | 296 (95% CI 260 to 331) | 276 (95% CI 242 to 311) |
Glucose over 14 days, mg/dl | 144 (95% CI 130 to 158) | 144 (95% CI 133 to 155) |
Predicted enteral feeding, (%) | 77 (95% CI 74 to 80) | 79 (95% CI 75 to 83) |
Use of vasopressor drugs, days | 7 (95% CI 5.1 to 8.9) | 7.7 (95% CI 6 to 9.4) |
Use of corticoid drugs, days | 0 | 0 |
Use of carbapenem antibiotics, n (%) | 0 | 0 |
Days of sedation on ICU, days | 10.8 (95% CI 9 to 12.5) | 10.9 (95% CI 9 to 12.7) |
Patients sedated on day 14, n (%) | 19 (63%) | 19 (63%) |
RASS on day 14 | − 3 [− 4 to − 3] | − 3 [− 5 to − 3] |