115
Participants
Start Date
June 30, 2007
Primary Completion Date
December 31, 2008
Study Completion Date
October 31, 2009
Eicosapentaenoic acid, Gamma-Linolenic Acid and Antioxidant Vitamins
An enteral diet will be given in accordance with the caloric goal calculated by the Harris-Benedict equation x 1.3. The enteral diet will be provided for a period of 7 days or until death OR start of oral diet OR start of parenteral diet OR discharge from the ICU OR decision from the attending physician/family/patient to no longer participate in this clinical study
Standard ICU enteral diet, isocaloric to the study diet
Patients will receive this diet in a blinded way using the same dose regimen specified previously and used in the study group
Clínica São Vicente, Rio de Janeiro
Hospital Pró-Cardíaco, Rio de Janeiro
Hospital de Clínicas da Universidade Federal da Paraíba, João Pessoa
Hospital Fernandes Távora - Adult Intensive Care Unit, Fortaleza
Hospital Português - Real Sociedade Portuguesa 16 de Setembro, Salvador
Hospital Salvador, Salvador
Hospital Santa Luzia, Brasília
Associação Beneficente Evangélica de Joinville - Hospital Dona Helena, Joinville
Centro Hospitalar Unimed, Joinville
Fundação Faculdade de Medicina de São José Do Rio Preto, São José do Rio Preto
Hospital São Paulo-UNIFESP, São Paulo
Instituto de Assistência Médica Ao Servidor Público Estadual-Iamspe, São Paulo
Collaborators (1)
Abbott
INDUSTRY
Fernandes Tavora Hospital
OTHER