Incidence of Refeeding Syndrome in Consecutively Admitted Patients

Jens Rikardt Andersen

Status: Completed

Conditions: Starvation; Refeeding Syndrome; Phosphate Deficiency

Treatments: Other: observation

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05967858

norge refeed

Details and patient eligibility

About

The incidence and main risk-factors analyzed in consecutive in-patients in the departments og gastroenterology and ear-nose and throat diseases (cancer in radiation therapy)

Full description

Patients with either parenteral- or tube feeding enter the study to assure sufficient nutrition.

During hospitalization patients were monitored with daily blood samples and clinical evaluation of symptoms in addition to the coverage of energy and protein in percent of estimated needs.

Refeeding phenomenon was defined as a decrease in plasma phosphate after the initiation of nutrition.

Refeeding syndrome as refeeding phenomenon and one or more relevant symptoms in addition (hypotension, cardiac arrhythmia, edema, confusion)

Enrollment: 51 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• planned tube- or parenteral nutrition (complete or supplementary)
• > 18 years
• written consent

Exclusion criteria

• Renal insufficiency (p-creatinine >200 micromol/l)
• Lack of ability to communicate (registration of nutritional intake etc)

Trial design

51 participants in 2 patient groups

gastroenterological

Description:

Consecutive admissions - n= 43 - 34 operated (79%) - 10 patients acutely admitted Diseases in Esophagus (8), gastric cavity (8), pancreas (7), colon/rectum (8), bile (4), small intestine (3), IBD (5) No interventions in the treatments, just observation

Treatment:

Other: observation

head and neck cancer

Description:

Consecutive admissions - n=8 - 7 radiation therapy - 1 operated Locations: 2 Larynx, 1 oro-pharynx, 4 tonsillar, 1 tung No interventions in the treatments, just observation

Treatment:

Other: observation