Relationship of Nutritional Support for Critically Ill Children with Clinical Outcomes in a Pediatric Hospital in Bolivia (NutPeBol)

MPH D Raul Copana-Olmos

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Critically Ill Children; Nutritional Support

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06716229

03FM24D008

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this observational study is to learn about the characteristics of nutritional support in critically ill children. The primary question to be answered is Is there an association between nutritional support of the critically ill child and clinical and hospital outcomes in children admitted to a pediatric referral center? Patients will be followed throughout their hospitalization, with a step-by-step evaluation of the nutritional support received through standard care and a review of the results obtained in the patients.

Full description

The study aims to know the type and characteristics of nutritional support received by critically ill children hospitalized in Bolivian hospitals; to follow them during their hospitalization to verify their weight, nutritional status and the nutritional support they receive; to understand which types of nutritional support offer better clinical and hospital outcomes; finally, to be able to propose some guidelines to physicians, through guidelines or other tools for the dissemination of scientific information, in order to benefit more children.

Enrollment: 56 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 1 month to 15 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Admitted to intensive care or intermediate care in hospital wards
• Complete clinical and anthropometric data.

Exclusion criteria

• Congenital or acquired chronic disease affecting growth (secondary malnutrition)
• On medication (corticosteroids, immunoglobulins, albumin)
• Burn patients, with prosthetic implants, postoperative of large tumor resections.
• Unknown history of pre-referral hospital management or hospitalized in other health facilities.