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Enteral Feeding in the Post-Injury Open Abdomen

NCT01853735 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 515

Last updated 2022-09-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine if Enteral Feeding (EN) in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen impacts outcomes. Patients who receive EN will be compared to those who remain nil-per-os (NPO). Additionally, an internal study control will be performed by analyzing concurrent injured patients requiring an open abdomen who did not have a bowel injury.

Specific aims:

Hypothesis 1: EN in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen improves fascial closure rate compared to patients who remain NPO.

Hypothesis 2: EN in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen reduces infectious complications compared to patients who remain NPO.

Hypothesis 3: EN in patients with a traumatic bowel injury requiring an open abdomen have a lower mortality rate compared to patients who remain NPO.

Conditions

  • Trauma to the Abdomen

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Denver Health and Hospital Authority

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Clay Cothren Burlew, MD · Denver Health and Hospital Authority

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
98 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2013-01-31
Primary Completion
2022-06-29
Completion
2022-06-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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