Nutritional Status and Nutrient Supply in Hospitalised Surgical Patients

Charité University Medicine Berlin

Status: Completed

Conditions: Gastric Cancer; Esophageal Cancer; Colorectal Cancer

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03787537

EA2/094/17

Details and patient eligibility

About

Prospective single arm, single center observational study to assess the nutritional status and the nutrient supply during hospitalization for elective gastrointestinal surgery.

Enrollment: 128 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 85 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• patients undergoing elective surgery of the upper or lower gastrointestinal tract
• mental and verbal ability to understand, read and write in German language
• written informed consent for study participation

Exclusion criteria

• age <18 years
• inadequate ability to be compliant with the study protocol or to complete documentation for the Food frequency questionnaires