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utritional support algorithm for critically ill patients

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Enteral feeding
Nutritional, 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
NameTimeMethod
28-day mortality
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
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
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