Implementation of the Core trial: placement of naso-enteral feeding tubes by ward nurses.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Adult patients on a gastrointestinal surgical wards with an indication for enteral nutrition via a nasoenteral feeding tube, as indicated by the treating physician and/or consulting dietitian.
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23363
- Lead Sponsor
- Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 53
Inclusion Criteria
Adult patients admitted to gastrointestinal surgical wards with an indication for a nasoenteral feeding tube
Exclusion Criteria
- contraindication for enteral feeding or EM guided placement, patients requiring tube placement during weekends or with unavailability from the trained nurses
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method interval between physician order, tube placement
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method - interval between physician order and start feeding <br /><br>- need for reinsertion of the feeding tube (e.g. after failed initial placement or due to tube related complications)<br /><br>- success rate of primary tube placement<br /><br>- patient-reported outcomes (patient CRF after placement)<br /><br>- tube (placement) related complications, such as clogging, kinking, fall out <br /><br>- duration of the tube placement procedure<br /><br>- duration of tube feeding <br /><br>- duration of primary tube stay <br /><br>- need for feeding related interventions (including EM guided repositioning without reinsertion of the tube)<br /><br>- use of parenteral nutrition <br /><br>- length of hospital stay; in-hospital mortality; <br>