Diarrhea and Stipsis in Critically Ill Patients (NUTRITI)

Azienda Sanitaria-Universitaria Integrata di Udine

Status: Completed

Conditions: Diarrhea; Critical Illness; Nutritional Deficiency; Nutritional and Metabolic Disease; Constipation; ICU Acquired Weakness; Enteral Feeding Intolerance

Treatments: Other: ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05473546

NUTRITI

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study prospectively observed the complications intended as diarrhea or sti-sis that critically ill patients developed within 7 days after ICU admission.

In addition, secondary aims investigated through bioimpedenziometry the loss of lean body mass and changes in phase angle during the same period of ICU stay.

Enrollment: 100 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• ICU ANTICIPATED LENGTH OF STAY > 72 HOURS
• AGE > 18 YEARS
• NEED FOR ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION

Exclusion criteria

• AGE < 18 YEARS
• ICU ANTICIPATED LENGTH OF STAY < 72 HOURS
• NO NEED FOR ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION
• BMI<16 KG/M2

Trial design

100 participants in 1 patient group

CRITICALLY ILL PATIENTS

Description:

ADULTS PATIENTS ADMITTED TO ICU DUE TO ACUTE ILLNESS THAT REQUIRE AT LEAST 72H OF STAY. FOR THE FIRST 7 DAYS OF STAY IN ICU, DATA ABOUT NUTRITIONAL INTERVENTION WILL BE RECORDED SUCH AS: ROUTE OF NUTRITION ADMINISTRATION, AMOUNT OF NUTRITION DELIVERED PER DAY, CALORIC TARGETS, PROTEIN REQUIREMENTS, diarrhea, CONSTIPATION, BIA ANALYSIS.

Treatment:

Other: ARTIFICIAL NUTRITION