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The Effects of Nutritional Support of Critically Ill Patients Requiring Mechanical Ventilation

NCT00256074 · Status: TERMINATED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 30

Last updated 2017-04-12

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the impact of different feeding solutions on patients with breathing difficulty being supported by a breathing machine.

The aim of the study is to determine if high fat-low carbohydrate feeding reduces the carbon dioxide production in patients with respiratory failure.

Conditions

  • Critically Ill

Interventions

PROCEDURE

Enteral feeding formula

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Melbourne Health

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Megan Robertson, MBBS · Melbourne Health

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2004-06-30
Primary Completion
2007-11-30
Completion
2007-11-30

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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