Feeding Trial in the Obese Critical Care Population
| Status: | Completed |
|---|---|
| Conditions: | Obesity Weight Loss, Hospital |
| Therapuetic Areas: | Endocrinology, Other |
| Healthy: | No |
| Age Range: | 18 - Any |
| Updated: | 3/1/2014 |
| Start Date: | May 2011 |
| End Date: | December 2013 |
Enteral Formula Tolerance in the Obese Critical Care Population
This study will assess enteral feeding in an obese critically ill population with a higher
protein whey based peptide formula.
protein whey based peptide formula.
Assess enteral feeding goal with a higher protein whey based peptide formula in an obese
critically ill population.
critically ill population.
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age ≥ 18 years
- Surgical or Medical intensive care unit (ICU) patient
- Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30
Exclusion Criteria:
- pregnant or lactating
- unable to access gastrointestinal (GI) tract for feeding via tube
- other contraindication to tube feeding
- admitted with burns
- severe head trauma
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