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Nutritional Status on Admission to Pediatric Intensive Care

NCT02293434 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 600

Last updated 2015-11-20

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Study rationale: Children admitted to intensive care are often chronically ill and the intensive care setting may upset the balance between nutritional intakes and needs.

As malnutrition is a key factor in the morbidity/mortality on pediatric intensive care units (PICUs), screening for malnutrition and the individualized adaptation of nutritional support are important elements of patient care. Yet no recent study has evaluated the nutritional status of children admitted to PICUs in France.

Primary Objective: Determine the prevalence of malnutrition in the population of children admitted to intensive care.

Secondary objectives:

* Determine the children's nutritional status on admission.
* Characterize the profile of malnourished patients compared with those not malnourished (sex, age, history, chronic disease, usual dietary habits, reason for admission, scheduled/unscheduled admission, surgery/medication, seriousness, seasonality).
* Describe the practices regarding nutritional care in each center.

Population: All children (1 month to 18 years) admitted to all PICUs in France during three one-week periods (February, June, October) in the course of a year.

Conditions

  • Malnutrition
  • Dwarf - Nutritional

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Montpellier

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Aurélien JACQUOT, MD · Montpellier University Hospital

Eligibility

Min Age
1 Month
Max Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2014-02-28
Primary Completion
2014-12-31
Completion
2014-12-31

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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