Meeting Protein Targets in Critically Ill Patients (PROTARGET)

Nestlé

Status: Completed

Conditions: Critical Illness; Dietary Modification

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other; Industry

Identifiers

NCT03319836

16.02.CA.HCN

Details and patient eligibility

About

This is a retrospective study of protein and energy intake in enterally fed critically ill adult patients before and after the introduction of a very high protein enteral nutrition formula in a single center medical/surgical ICU.

Enrollment: 40 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adult patients ≥ 18 years of age, mechanically ventilated
• Received enteral nutrition for a minimum of five days during the first week of ICU admission

Exclusion criteria

• Received parenteral nutrition during first week of ICU admission
• Acute renal failure not dialyzed
• Hepatic encephalopathy grade 3 or 4
• Intentional underfeeding/trophic feeding - including refeeding syndrome

Trial design

40 participants in 2 patient groups

Pre-very high protein enteral nutrition

Description:

20 enterally fed critically ill adult patients prior to the introduction of a very high protein enteral nutrition formula \[2015\].

Post-very high protein enteral nutrition

Description:

20 enterally fed critically ill adult patients post the introduction of a very high protein enteral nutrition formula \[2016\].