Trauma Screening and Supplementation



Status:Recruiting
Conditions:Food Studies, Hospital
Therapuetic Areas:Pharmacology / Toxicology, Other
Healthy:No
Age Range:18 - 100
Updated:9/7/2018
Start Date:April 1, 2018
End Date:April 2020
Contact:Nathan Hendrickson, MD
Email:nathan-hendrickson@uiowa.edu
Phone:319-384-8452

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Trial Summary
Trial Overview
Inclusion Criteria

Improving Preoperative Screening and Postoperative Nutrition in Trauma Patients: Does it Decrease Muscle Wasting or Complications

The purpose of the proposed study is twofold: 1) The investigators will evaluate ultrasound
imaging to screen trauma patients to identify patients at increased risk of postoperative
complications associated with sarcopenia. 2) The investigators will evaluate a
commercially-available oral nutritional supplement that has previously been evaluated in
critically-ill intensive care patients and shown benefit for decreasing complications
including decreased wound healing complications, decreased pressure ulcers, decreased
skeletal muscle loss due to immobilization, and decreased one-year mortality.


Inclusion Criteria:

- Diagnosis of acute fracture of the upper extremity, pelvis, or lower extremity with
plans for operative fixation

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients with comorbidities excluding the use of proposed nutritional supplement
(phenylketonuria, galactoseria)

- Patients with major head trauma

- Pregnant women

Dementia

Vulnerable populations (minors, prisoners)

Lack of decision making capacity
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University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics
200 Hawkins Dr,
Iowa City, Iowa 52242
866-452-8507
Principal Investigator: Nathan Hendrickson, MD
Phone: 319-384-8452
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