Resting Metabolic Rate in Chronic Bed-Ridden Patients (RMR)

Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital

Status: Terminated

Conditions: Chronic Disease

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01069380

RMC2010-4CTIL

Details and patient eligibility

About

Research objective: to measure resting metabolic rate (REE) in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients and to compare their measured energy needs to standard REE equations

Full description

Are standard REE equations suitable for estimating resting metabolic rate in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients?

Research objective: to measure resting metabolic rate (REE) in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients and to compare their measured energy needs to standard REE equations

Enrollment: 15 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age (years): 18-30, 31-60, 61-74, 75-100
• Confinement to bed at least for a year

Exclusion criteria

• Mechanical ventilation
• Tracheostomy