critically ill patients.
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Adult patients in both sexes who will be hospitalized in ICU and initiating enteral nutrition within 48 hours following the hospital admission, will be included in this study. Patients enrolled in other studies that are pregnant or with previous diabetes, hyperglycemia on admission, Body Mass Index (BMI) = 30 kg/m2, hyperlipidemia, liver failure, nephrotic syndrome and any contraindication to enteral nutrition, will be excluded. Patients who are discharge or die before the fifth day of enteral nutrition administration will be also excluded from the study.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria:
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The glycemic control. Timepoint: daily. Method of measurement: glucose oxidas.;Lipid profile. Timepoint: day 0 and 10. Method of measurement: ELIZA. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Organ failure. Timepoint: daily. Method of measurement: clinical and paraclinical.;Length of ICU stay. Timepoint: daily. Method of measurement: observation. | — |
Countries
Iran (Islamic Republic of)
Contacts
Faculty of Nutrition and Food Sciences, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences