CompletedNot Applicable

Metabolic and Nutritional Characteristics of Long-stayer ICU Patients

Switzerland205 participantsStarted 2017-02-01

Plain-language summary

The intensive care (ICU) patient population has increasing number of very long ICU stays. Long-stayers are usually defined as requiring more than 1 week of mechanical ventilation and of ICU therapy: little is know about their metabolic characteristics and their relation to outcome. The study aims at describing the demographic, nutritional and metabolic aspects of their stay. Analysis of 200-250 consecutive patients admitted to the ICU long-stayer program.

Who can participate

Age range18 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * ICU length of stay \> 7 days and enrollment to the long-stayer ICU program Exclusion Criteria: * Major burns * Brain injury * Severe neurological condition as primary disease

What they're measuring

Vital Status

Timeframe: up to 90 days

Trial details

NCT IDNCT03938961

SponsorCentre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeOBSERVATIONAL

Primary completion2020-04-13

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