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Hyperproteic Nutrition:Correlation of BUN to Nitrogen Balance

NCT00480259 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 8

Last updated 2018-06-01

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This study is designed to determine if the following are true. When protein requirements exceed metabolic requirements, blood urea nitrogen(BUN) levels will rise. Elevated BUN levels in the absence of renal failure, hepatic failure, or GI bleeding, will be correlated with improved nitrogen balance and inversely correlated with infection rates, days of mechanical ventilation, ICU days, and total hospital days.

Conditions

  • Enteral Feeding

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

hyperproteic nutrition

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Milton S. Hershey Medical Center

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • John K Stene, MD · Penn State University, College of Medicine, Dept of Anesthesiology

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
DIAGNOSTIC
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2007-06-01
Primary Completion
2009-04-21
Completion
2009-04-21

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