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Early Nutrition Impact on Post Abdominal Surgery Outcome

Completed
Conditions
Postoperative Nutrition
Interventions
Dietary Supplement: postoperative nutrition
Registration Number
NCT04567641
Lead Sponsor
Cairo University
Brief Summary

Introduction: Nutritional support is a vital therapy of most surgical patients. Early initiation via the enteral route has a significant effect on postoperative recovery. The prognostic role of CRP and albumin can be explained by their abilities to reflect inflammation in the acute phase in critical settings and assess the nutritional status of critically ill patients, respectively. This indicates the prognostic value of the CRP/ALB ratio in postoperative patients admitted to the ICU.

Aim of work: Determine the effect of early enteral \& parenteral nutrition on ICU outcome \& nutritional status in postoperative abdominal surgical patients and investigate the effect of enteral \& parenteral nutrition on CRP/albumin ratio as an inflammatory marker \& its correlation with SOFA score.

Methods: A prospective cohort non randomized study included 80 postoperative abdominal surgical patients at Critical Care Department, Cairo University over one year duration. Forty patients (50%) received enteral nutrition 6 hours after surgical procedures and 40 patients (50%) received parenteral nutrition 6 hours after surgical procedures. Nutritional status and inflammatory markers were screened. All patients were followed up during the ICU stay \& up to 3 months. SOFA scoring was done every 48 hours.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
80
Inclusion Criteria
  • postoperative abdominal surgical patients at Critical Care Department, Cairo University over one year duration.
  • age between 18-80 years
Exclusion Criteria
  • renal failure
  • liver failure
  • extensive burns
  • hemodynamic instability.

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Enteral Nutritionpostoperative nutrition-
Parenteral nutritionpostoperative nutrition-
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
duration of mechanical ventilation.7 days

measurement of days of mechanical ventilation

Gastro-intestinal tolerance: vomitting or diarrhea7 days

number of participants who develop nausea, vomitting or diarrhea

Refeeding syndrome; hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia7 days

number of participants who develop hypokalemia and hypophosphatemia

length of ICU stay7 days

measurement of days of ICU stay

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
3 months survival after discharge .90 days

measurement of the rate of survival within 3 months between participants

re-admission within 30 days30 days

measurement of the rate of hospital re-admission within 30 days between participants

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