Resting Metabolic Rate in Chronic Bed-Ridden Patients
- Conditions
- Chronic Disease
- Registration Number
- NCT01069380
- Lead Sponsor
- Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital
- Brief Summary
Research objective: to measure resting metabolic rate (REE) in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients and to compare their measured energy needs to standard REE equations
- Detailed Description
Are standard REE equations suitable for estimating resting metabolic rate in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients?
Research objective: to measure resting metabolic rate (REE) in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients and to compare their measured energy needs to standard REE equations
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 15
- Age (years): 18-30, 31-60, 61-74, 75-100
- Confinement to bed at least for a year
- Mechanical ventilation
- Tracheostomy
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital
🇮🇱Tel Aviv, Israel