Improvement Project To Optimizing Nutrition With Higher Protein and Calorie Pediatric Tube Feeding

Nestlé

Status: Completed

Conditions: Critically Ill Children

Treatments: Other: Peptide-based enteral formula; Other: Retrospective review of enteral tube feeding formula

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Industry

Identifiers

NCT03017664

16.04.US.HCN

Details and patient eligibility

About

This quality improvement project will include a practice change based on national guidelines for the nutritional management of PICU patients.

Full description

This quality improvement project will include a practice change based on national guidelines for the nutritional management of PICU patients. The primary aim of this quality improvement project is to better meet protein needs of ICU critically ill children

Enrollment: 28 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 to 13 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Children aged 1-18 years old with enteral feeding access and anticipated to be fed for 5 days

Exclusion criteria

Trial design

28 participants in 2 patient groups

RFG

Description:

Retrospective review of enteral feeding in pediatric ICU patients for up to 5 days

Treatment:

Other: Retrospective review of enteral tube feeding formula

PFG

Description:

Pediatric ICU population to be fed a peptide-based enteral formula with higher protein and higher calories for up to 5 days

Treatment:

Other: Peptide-based enteral formula