The effect of critical illness on appetite in adult survivors
- Conditions
- Critically IllNutritional intakeAppetiteDiet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12616000702415
- Lead Sponsor
- ICU Research, Royal Adelaide Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 75
Patients will be identified through screening of intensive care admissions at the Royal Adelaide Hospital and will include all patients aged 30 years or older that have been discharged and are 3-months post-ICU admission.
Healthy volunteers aged >=30 years will be used as a comparator.
1) Inability to give informed consent
2) Pregnant or breastfeeding
3) Previous gestational diabetes
4) Acute or chronic pancreatitis
5) Medications known to affect glucose metabolism (e.g. steroids) or gastrointestinal motility (e.g. prokinetics, antidepressants, sedatives, opiates, anti-convulsant agents)
6) Previous gastrointestinal surgery (apart from appendectomy)
7) Vegetarian/vegan
8) Current or previous gastrointestinal disease or major dysfunction
9) Regular consumption of >20g alcohol or >10 cigarettes per day
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method