Importance of glutamine supplementation in critical patients
Completed
- Conditions
- Parenteral glutamine dipeptides supplementation, hyperglycemic episodes, multiple traumaNutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine
- Registration Number
- ISRCTN71592366
- Lead Sponsor
- Clinical Emergency Hospital Bucharest (Romania)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
1. Young patients (over 18 years)
2. With multiple traumatic lesions
3. With an ISS over 22
4. Without significant comorbidities
5. Subjects admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for one year
Exclusion Criteria
1. BMI >30 kg/m^2
2. Renal or hepatic dysfunction
3. Diabetes mellitus
4. Reduced prior nutritional intake
5. Oral intake in the first 7 days
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Plasmatic glycemia every 4-6 hours for a 6-day period using descriptive statistics<br>2. Daily insulin requirements using the same method above
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Amount of exogenous insulin administered in this 6-day period by ANOVA analysis