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Nutrition and survival of critically ill patients

Caloric intake and short-term survival of critically ill patients

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ISRCTN
Registry ID
ISRCTN17829198
Enrollment
9000
Registered
2017-06-26
Start date
2014-03-15
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2023-07-25

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Critically ill patients Infections and Infestations Critically ill patients

Interventions

To be incorporated into the registry, treating physicians had to collect information on daily artificial nutrition up to a maximum of 11 days after ICU admission. If the length of stay on the ICU had

Sponsors

LMU Munich (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München)
Lead Sponsor

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. =18 years of age 2. Must have been treated in an ICU for at least 96 hours 3. Must have received artificial (enteral or parenteral) nutrition on at least one day during the first 96 hours of their ICU stay

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Survival time shorter than 4 days or patient discharged from ICU within 4 days 2. Nutrition protocol missing before the end of patient stay in ICU or the end of the protocol 3. Phase while still in ICU (whichever comes first;) 4. Neither enteral nor parenteral nutrition during the first 4 days of nutrition protocol 5. No mechanical ventilation during the first 4 days of nutrition protocol 6. Exclusive oral intake after extubation 7. Patients with missing data

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
60 day hospital survival is measured using the data from the registry.

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
There are no secondary outcome measures.

Countries

Canada, Germany

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ISRCTN (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Mar 6, 2026