Hospitalized patients who receive enteral nutrition via tube feeding (nasogastric tube or orogastric tube) Fiber Enteral Nutrition Psyllium Diarrhea Blendera Tube feeding Nosocomial diarrhea
Conditions
Interventions
Mucilin-
mixed blendera,Blendera
Active Comparator Drug,Placebo Comparator No treatment
added formula ,General formula
Sponsors
Faculty of Medicine, Prince of Songkla University
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to No maximum
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: - Patients at least 18 years of age - Receiving enteral nutrition via tube feeding (nasogastric tube or orogastric tube) - Expected to receive enteral feeding of at least 5 days
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: - Refuse to participate in the study - Hemodynamic instability at the time of enteral tube feeding initiation (a mean arterial pressure (MAP) value less than 50 mmHg, or escalating doses of vasopressor/inotropic agent(s) requirement to maintain a MAP value more than 50 mmHgwithin 24 hours) - Impossibility to use the gastrointestinal tract (hemorrhage, obstruction, severe ileus) - Recent acute pancreatitis (within 2 weeks) or Chronic pancreatitis - Known diarrheal illness causes by pre-existing gastrointestinal pathology (e.g. ulcerative colitis, Crohn's disease, ischemic or infectious colitis) - Enteric fistula - Patients with restricted enteral fluid intake < 1,500 ml/day - Pregnancy - Inability to distinguish between stool and urine during defecation
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| proportion of patients with at least 1 day of diarrhea in enterally fed patients 10 days after start enteral feeding or death or discharge or change to oral diet KIng's stool chart | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| percentage of days with diarrhea per total feeding days in enterally fed patients 10 days after start enteral feeding or death or discharge or change to oral diet KIng's stool chart | — |
Contacts
Public ContactPimsiri Sripongpun
Prince of Songkla University
Outcome results
None listed