Benefits of Early Enteral Feeding with a Locally Prepared Protein-Energy Ration after Surgery for Acute Generalised Peritonitis: A Randomised Trial in Two Hospitals in Bukavu, Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo
Table 2
Comparison of the means between the intervention group and the control group.
Variable
Intervention group
Control group
Age (year)
24.3 (13.7)
34.3 (19.1)
0.0348
C-reactive protein (mg/l)
42.7 (25.9)
43.9 (28.4)
0.7032
BMI (kg/m2)
20.3 (2.4)
20.4 (2.3)
0.8675
Delta albumin (mg/dl)
34.8 (3.1)
31.9 (3.6)
0.0027
Waiting time before intervention (hour)
15.6 (21.3)
16 (19.8)
0.9223
Number of perforations
1.7 (0.8)
1.9 (0.7)
0.3408
Delay in of peristalsis recovery (day)
2.1 (0.6)
3.8 (1.2)
<0.0001
Duration of hospitalization (day)
25.5 (14.9)
39.4 (25.3)
0.0046
Delta albumin is the average of the admission and discharge albumin levels.