Skeletal muscle protein turnover in long-stayers in the ICU.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Critical illness; Diet and Nutrition - Other diet and nutrition disorders; Metabolic and Endocrine - Other metabolic disorders

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616001012460
• Lead Sponsor: Olav Rooyackers

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-08-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 30

Inclusion Criteria

An ICU stay of > 10 days after admission to the ICU. Patients are recruited and enrolled after day 10 in the ICU.

Exclusion Criteria

Withhold of treatment,
Contraindication to insertion of a catheter in the femoral vein and to a percutaneous muscle biopsy in the lateral portion the quadriceps femoralis muscle,
No informed consent.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational
• Study Design: Not specified