utritional support algorithm for critically ill patients
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- Enteral feedingNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN10583582
- Lead Sponsor
- Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital
- Brief Summary
2016 Protocol article in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27668228 protocol 2017 Results article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28771622 results
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 350
Inclusion Criteria
Critically ill patients expected to stay in ICU for more than 3 days
Exclusion Criteria
1. Previous EN within 7 days of current episode of ICU admission
2. Burn patients
3. Pregnancy and breast feeding
4. Patients with PEJ, PEG
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 28-day mortality
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Incidence of ventilator associated pneumonia<br>2. Length of stay in ICU and hospital<br>3. Duration of mechanical ventilation<br>4. Biomarkers of nutritional status, including albumin, pre-albumin, chemistry profile, CD3, CD8, IgA, IgG, HLA-DR. They are measured via blood samples taken on a daily basis after enrollment into the study<br>5. Total amount of nutrition and the proportions of enteral and parenteral nutrition, measured by summing up calories intakes for the whole study period. Calories include enteral nutrition (commercial formula with fixed calorie per unit volume), and parenteral nutrition