Table 3 Summary of the effect of the early nutrition intervention on unplanned admissions and LOS in patients with head and neck cancer
Standard care | Intervention | P -value | |
|---|---|---|---|
Total number of patients with an unplanned admission | 31 | 33 | 0.27 |
Reason for unplanned admission | n (%) | ||
Clinical | 15 (48) | 12 (36) | 0.33 |
Nutrition | 20 (65) | 20 (61) | 0.747 |
G tube | 8 (26) | 6 (18) | 0.461 |
LOS per unplanned admission | Median (range) | ||
Clinical | 3 (1–23) | 6 (1–36) | 0.182 |
Nutrition | 4 (1–24) | 5 (2–25) | 0.981 |
G tube | 3 (1–22) | 1 (1–2) | 0.154 |
