Examining the Effectiveness of Carbohydrate Loading as a Nursing Intervention in Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

RAK Medical and Health Sciences University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Cardiovascular Diseases

Treatments: Dietary Supplement: carbohydrate loading

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06625996

3380031

Details and patient eligibility

About

The concept of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery (ERAS) protocols has revolutionized perioperative care by promoting a series of evidence-based practices aimed at reducing surgical stress and improving patient outcomes. Among these practices, preoperative carbohydrate loading has emerged as a significant intervention designed to mitigate the adverse metabolic effects of surgery

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Cardiovascular disease

Exclusion criteria

Insulin dependent diabetes

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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100 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Study

Experimental group

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: carbohydrate loading

control

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

No intervention

Treatment:

Dietary Supplement: carbohydrate loading