Enteral feeding Nutritional, Metabolic, Endocrine Enteral feeding
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Receiving enteral feeding 2. Aged greater than or equal to 18 years, either sex 3. Expected to stay 48 hours or more in the ICU
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Terminal illness 2. Do not resuscitate (DNR) order (no code, no escalation) in the first 48 hours 3. Enteral feeding cannot be started within 48 hours of admission 4. Total parenteral nutrition (TPN) 5. Oral feeding 6. Previously enrolled in this study within the same hospital admission 7. Brain death within 48 hours of admission 8. Pregnancy 9. Post-liver transplant 10. Post cardiac arrest 11. Burn patients 12. Prisoners 13. Elderly subjects aged greater than 80 years 14. Patients on more than one ionotropic support at maximum dose
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 90 day-all cause mortality: death before or at day 90 of enrolment | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1. ICU mortality: death in the ICU during the same ICU admission 2. Hospital mortality: death in the hospital (in ICU or on floor) during the same hospital admission 3. 180-day mortality: death before or at day 180 of enrolment 4. Daily Sequential Organ Failure Assessment (SOFA) scores recorded on days 1, 3, 7, 14, 21 and 28 | — |
Countries
Bahrain, Canada, Germany, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates