Care of Critically Ill Patients Enteral Nutrition Guidelines for the Implementation of the Effectiveness of the Intervention

Taipei Medical University

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Enteral Nutrition Feeding; ICU Ill Patients

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01277393

99058

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study is to find out care of critically ill patients enteral nutrition guidelines for the implementation of the effectiveness of the intervention.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ICU patients elder than 18 years of age
• (APACHE II) score > 15
• Patients expected to remain in ICU for more than 2 days

Exclusion criteria

• Patients that have consented to a Do-Not-Resuscitate document
• Patients not expected survive more than 2 days
• Patients that have returned to ICU due to their condition worsening after previously leaving ICU
• Patients that have transferred from ICU of other hospitals.

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Experimental Group

Control Group