Table 1

Characteristics of the critically ill patients

Patient No	Age (y)	Sex	Fast (h)	Days in ICU	APACHE II	Outcome	Glucose	GEC	Dialysis	Insulin	Propofol	Inotropes
“Fast” refers to the period of time that the patient fasted prior to the study.
“Days in ICU” are the days prior to the performance of the study.
APACHE II score is the acute physiology and chronic health evaluation score which gives a measure of sickness severity. This was determined on the day of study. (Median admission APACHE II score was 20.)
“Outcome” refers to hospital outcome.
“Glucose” refers to baseline blood glucose concentration (mmol/l).
GEC, gastric emptying coefficient.
The use of dialysis, intravenous insulin infusion, propofol infusion, and inotropes (adrenaline and noradrenaline infusion only) are indicated.
Data are median (range) or number.
1	64	M	11	4	16	Died	4.5	3.32	N	Y	Y	Y
2	57	M	6	4	26	Alive	11	3.48	N	N	N	N
3	46	M	5	10	17	Died	9.1	2.9	Y	Y	Y	Y
4	58	F	13	11	21	Alive	7.7	2.64	N	Y	Y	N
5	74	F	10	5	12	Alive	8	3.94	N	Y	Y	Y
6	49	M	11	4	12	Alive	6.1	1.8	N	Y	Y	N
7	70	M	7	3	12	Died	5	2.34	N	Y	Y	Y
8	72	M	7	11	14	Died	5	3.28	Y	Y	Y	Y
9	46	M	8	7	10	Alive	5.7	3.29	N	Y	Y	Y
10	38	M	7	102	13	Alive	7.2	3.48	N	Y	N	Y
11	19	M	6	7	17	Alive	5.8	3.31	N	N	N	Y
12	55	M	168	7	14	Alive	7.7	3.74	N	N	Y	N
13	31	F	6	8	20	Alive	6.5	1.7	N	Y	N	Y
14	74	M	5	8	17	Alive	7.6	2.56	Y	Y	Y	N
15	38	F	5	4	15	Alive	6.7	3.01	N	Y	Y	N
Median	55	4F	7	7	15	4 died	6.7	2.99	3	12	11	9
Range	19–74		5–168	4–102	10–26		4.5–11	1.7–3.94