Fig 1.
Flow diagram of the sample selection.
In our ICU, nurses routinely assess the consistency and quantity of all stools; therefore, no patients were excluded due to missing stool information. GI: Gastrointestinal, CDI: Clostridioides difficile infection, CMV: cytomegalovirus infection.
Table 1.
Baseline characteristics of the study patients.
Table 2.
Mortality, length of stay, and free day survival of the study patients.
Table 3.
Association between the quantity of diarrhea and in-hospital mortality.
Table 4.
Association between the 200-g increase in the quantity of diarrhea and secondary outcomes.