None listed
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Research Foundation Intensive Care Unit, Hospital Gelderse Vallei, Ede, The Netherlands; Nutricia Research, Utrecht, The Netherlands;
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1. Age = 18 years; 2. Ready for discharge to a general ward after an ICU-stay of at least 72 hours; 3. Received enteral or parenteral feeding for at least 24 hours during ICU-stay; 4. Signed informed consent by patient or legal representative.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1. Received oral nutrition only during ICU-stay; 2. Discharge from the ICU to (a nursing) home, or to another ICU or hospital; 3. Moribund or life-expectancy less than 48 hours.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| To investigate energy and protein intake in general wards during the post intensive care period [expressed in kilocalories and grams per day and per kilogram bodyweight, adjusted for overweight, and as a percentage of calculated targets [%], averaged over the study days]. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| -To assess differences in energy and protein intake between patients on oral, enteral, parenteral or combined nutrition; expressed in kilocalories and grams per day and per kilogram bodyweight, and as a percentage of calculated targets [%]; -To assess differences in energy and protein intake after feeding tube removal expressed in kilocalories and grams per day and per kilogram bodyweight, and as a percentage of calculated targets [%]; -To assess differences in energy and protein intake between wards of different specialisms expressed in kilocalories and grams per day and per kilogram bodyweight, and as a percentage of calculated targets [%]; -To assess hospital LOS [in days] and mortality [%] (both after ICU discharge) in relation with energy and protein targets reached. | — |
Contacts
Public ContactRianne Slingerland
Ziekenhuis Gelderse Vallei
Outcome results
None listed