Clinical Trial: Daytime Cyclic Enteral Nutrition Versus Standard Continuous Enteral Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Enteral Nutrition
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Daytime Cyclic Enteral Nutrition Versus Standard Continuous Enteral Nutrition in the Intensive Care Unit: a Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
Brief Summary:
Critical care patients experience systemic aggression, which may be the result of trauma, infection or other systemic inflammatory mechanisms.The initial phase of their illness is characterized by metabolic instability and increased catabolism.Nutrition goals in these patients are therefore, on the one hand, to provide sufficient caloric intake to cover energy expenditure while limiting the risks of inappropriate under-feeding, overfeeding- or re-feeding syndrome, and on the other hand, to meet the protein…
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