Table 1: Patient's clinical background.
Patient data | Clinically euvolemic (no 51) | Likely dehydrated(no 13) |
Age-years | 70.3 (SD 12.9) | 71.8 (SD 10.8) |
Male gender % | 63 | 61 |
Pressure sores % | 41 | 69 |
Malignant neoplasm % | 25 | 0 |
Cachexia % | 29 | 69 |
Sarcopenia % | 37 | 31 |
Diabetes mellitus % | 27 | 38 |
Congestive heart failure % | 12 | 15 |
COPD % | 8 | 15 |
Dementia CDR > 1 | 67 | 69 |
Tracheostomy % | 47 | 31 |
Oral feeding % | 49 | 38 |
Enteral tube feeding % | 51 | 54* |
Systoblic blood pressure (mmHg) | 117 (SD 14) | 123 (SD 19.6) |
Diastolic blood pressure (mmHg) | 64.3 (SD 8.9) | 66 (SD 5.9) |
*Two enteral fed patients had begun oral feeding in parallel.