Indirect Calorimetry in Patients at Risk of Malnutrition

University of Liege

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Resting Energy Expenditure; Nutrition Disorders; Critical Illness; Indirect Calorimetry; Burns

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: indirect calorimetry

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT04500483

CaloIF

Details and patient eligibility

About

Burn patients treated in an outpatient clinic and ICU survivors are at risk of malnutrition. There are no clear guidelines determining the energy target in those two populations. The aim of this observation study is to measure the resting energy expenditure of those patients, using indirect calorimetry.

Enrollment: 100 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• minor burn treated in an outpatient setting
• ICU survivor, who was discharged from ICU after a stay of at least 7 days

Exclusion criteria

• oxygen supply
• chest drainage
• not french speaking
• confusion, coma
• cognitive disorder
• patient refusal

Trial design

100 participants in 2 patient groups

Burn outpatients

Description:

Burn patients treated for minor burns in an outpatient setting

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: indirect calorimetry

ICU survivors

Description:

Critically ill patients who survived ICU stay and are admitted in a general ward

Treatment:

Diagnostic Test: indirect calorimetry