Shortened Preoperative Fasts in ICU

Montefiore Medicine Academic Health System

Status: Completed

Conditions: Intubated ICU Patients

Treatments: Other: shortened fast

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03031379

MMC-12-06-219

Details and patient eligibility

About

Randomized controlled trial assessing the safety and benefits of shortening preoperative fasts on intubated ICU patients undergoing tracheotomy.

Full description

Patients undergoing bedside tracheotomy in an ICU are enrolled and randomized into two groups. Arm A receive a standard fast of at least 6 hours. Arm B receive a shortened fast of only 45 minutes, just before the surgery begins. Patients will be monitored for aspiration, pneumonia and our ability to delivery better nutrition as a result of the intervention.

Enrollment: 24 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• intubated ICU patient undergoing tracheotomy, receiving enteral nutrition, adult, proxy available for consent

Exclusion criteria

• pregnant, <18yo, cannot tolerate enteral feeding

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Triple Blind

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24 participants in 2 patient groups

A - control

No Intervention group

Description:

standard fast, at least 6 hours prior to tracheotomy

B - shortened fast

Experimental group

Description:

fast of only 45 minutes prior to incision

Treatment:

Other: shortened fast