Nutritional Therapy on Underweight Critically Ill Patients: an Observational Study

Hospital de Clinicas de Porto Alegre

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Critical Illness; Underweight

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03398343

CAAE 45677715.2.0000.5327

Details and patient eligibility

About

Critically ill patients with body mass index (BMI) inferior to 20 kg/m2 have worse outcomes compared to normal and overweight patients. The impact nutrition therapy in this population is not yet stablished. There is a concern that too low caloric intake might worse their malnutrition; on the other hand, overfeeding is always a risk with serious consequences.

The hypothesis of this study is that nutritional support, especially caloric and protein intake, can influence the outcome of underweight critically ill patients.

Enrollment: 450 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Ages eligible for study: 18 years and older
• Gender eligible: both
• Nutrition therapy: enteral, parenteral feeding, nothing by mouth

Exclusion criteria

• Palliative care
• Exclusively oral nutrition
• Pregnancy
• Life expectancy inferior 24 hours
• ICU readmission