Feeding the Patient at Nutritional Risk: Does the Clinical Outcome Improve? (EMS)

Insel Gruppe AG, University Hospital Bern

Status and phase

Completed

Phase 4

Conditions

Malnutrition

Treatments

Other: Nutritional therapy

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00440453

EMS_CH_2007

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of the present study is to take stronger action in solving the problems of malnutrition in the hospital setting and in the first two months after patient's discharge. The main objective is to evaluate the clinical benefit (eg. QoL, body composition and body function) of nutritional intervention (nutritional therapy) in a sample of patients at nutritional risk according to the NRS 2002.

Enrollment

200 patients

Sex

All

Ages

18+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

all patients coming on station

Exclusion criteria

patients with a screening total score <3 according to the NRS-2002 system
less than 18 years of age, expected hospital stay less than 4 days
expected survival less than 1 month
pregnant or lactating women
patients with psychiatric disorders
patients with cardiac failure as defined by the Goldmann classification class >II (recent rest pain, unstable angina pectoris)
patients with respiratory failure (Peak Flow Rate: PEFR <50%)
patients with hepatic dysfunction (Child >A)
patients suffering from an intestinal obstruction or ileus
patients with renal failure (creatinine >250 μmol/l) or receiving haemodialysis
patients that are already receiving, or are planned to receive parenteral nutrition
patients unable to understand the German language