utritional practices and outcomes in PIC
Not Applicable
- Conditions
- Health Condition 1: null- Patient admitted in PICU requiring mechanical ventilation.
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2018/08/015272
- Lead Sponsor
- Boston Childrens Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Closed to Recruitment of Participants
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
Inclusion Criteria
1.Patients for up to 10 days of their PICU stay and outcomes at 60 days.
2.Patients 1 month to 18 years of age who are admitted to the PICU
3.Patients who require mechanical ventilation will be enrolled. Each patient will have an anticipated length of PICU stay of 3 days or more.
Exclusion Criteria
1.Subjects with a PICU length of stay <3 days
2.Patients who are not mechanically ventilated
3.Patients who are receiving compassionate care towards end of life, or are enrolled in a nutrition intervention trial will be excluded.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1.incidence of mortality over 60 days following admission to PICU <br/ ><br>2.incidence of hospital acquired infections (urinary tract, ventilator-associated, respiratory, or surgical site) acquired following PICU admissionTimepoint: 60 days
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Hospital length of stay- the number of days patient remains in the hospital following admission to the PICU <br/ ><br>2.PICU length of stay- the number of days patient remains in the PICU following admission. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 60 days;1. Weight status: weight-for-age Z-scores as determined by WHO standard growth criteria. <br/ ><br>2. Growth status: height-for-age Z-scores as determined by WHO standard growth criteria <br/ ><br>3.nutritional status: BMI or weight-for-height Z-scores as determined by WHO standard growth criteria. <br/ ><br>Timepoint: 10 days;1.ventilator-free days, the number of days not requiring ventilator support during hospitalizationTimepoint: 28 days;4. Glycemic control: evaluation of clinically obtained maximum and minimum blood glucose values and use of insulin.Timepoint: 10 days