4,640
Participants
Start Date
August 31, 2007
Primary Completion Date
February 28, 2011
Study Completion Date
December 31, 2026
Withholding PN during the first week of ICU stay
Patients in this arm will receive exclusively enteral nutrition. If enteral nutrition is insufficient after the seventh day of ICU stay, parenteral nutrition will be started.
Oliclinomel N71000 OR N71000E // Clinimix N17G35 OR N17G35E
PN will be started the morning of the third ICU hospitalisation day. The amount of PN to be given will be calculated to cover the caloric needs of the patient, based on the enteral energy intake the previous 24 hours.
Medical Intensive Care Unit, Leuven
Surgical Intensive Care Unit, Catholic University Leuven University Hospitals, Leuven
Surgical Intensive Care Unit Regional Hospital Jessa, Hasselt
Fund for Scientific Research, Flanders, Belgium
OTHER
Baxter Healthcare Corporation
INDUSTRY
KU Leuven
OTHER