Nutritional Therapy on Underweight Critically Ill Patients: an Observational Study
- Conditions
- UnderweightCritical Illness
- Registration Number
- NCT03398343
- Lead Sponsor
- Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
- Brief Summary
Critically ill patients with body mass index (BMI) inferior to 20 kg/m2 have worse outcomes compared to normal and overweight patients. The impact nutrition therapy in this population is not yet stablished. There is a concern that too low caloric intake might worse their malnutrition; on the other hand, overfeeding is always a risk with serious consequences.
The hypothesis of this study is that nutritional support, especially caloric and protein intake, can influence the outcome of underweight critically ill patients.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 450
- Ages eligible for study: 18 years and older
- Gender eligible: both
- Nutrition therapy: enteral, parenteral feeding, nothing by mouth
- Palliative care
- Exclusively oral nutrition
- Pregnancy
- Life expectancy inferior 24 hours
- ICU readmission
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Mortality through study completion (up to a year) All patients will be followed until live hospital discharge or death
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method ICU length of stay through study completion (up to a year) patients will be followed until ICU discharge or death
Need and duration of mechanical ventilation through study completion (up to a year) all patients for which mechanical ventilation is necessary will be followed until it is no longer necessary
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
HCPA, Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre
🇧🇷Porto Alegre, Rio Grande Do Sul, Brazil