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Prevalence of Enteral Nutrition Interruption in an Oncology Intensive Care Unit.

NCT ID: NCT06156189

Last Updated: 2023-12-05

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

20 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2022-12-12

Study Completion Date

2023-11-01

Brief Summary

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This is a single-center retrospective observational study. The study aimed to look at the enteral feed interruptions in patients who were intubated and ventilated in an oncology intensive care unit. We collected data of the first 60 interruptions in the adult Oncology ICU from 12/12/2022 to 15/10/2023. We only included intubated and ventilated adult patients more than 18 years of age who had nasogastric tube feeding commenced. The data was collected from the electronic patient records. Data collected included demographics, total interruption time per episode of interruption, the reason for the delay, whether the delay could have been avoided, total calories lost, and percentage of calories lost.

Detailed Description

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Introduction Intensive Care Unit (ICU) patients are often intubated and ventilated. These patients cannot feed themselves orally, so enteral or parenteral nutrition becomes important. Various studies have suggested that meeting their nutritional demand is associated with their short and long-term outcomes. There is also ample evidence that in general ICU's, patients often do not meet their nutritional demands. (1,2) The ICU may often differ in the nature of the patients catered for and also may have very different systems of delivering healthcare provisions. This could have an impact on the patient care provided.

There are several studies suggesting that EN interruptions happen frequently in the ICU. (3,4,5) It is estimated that the EN interruption occurs in more than 85% of the patients for an average of 8-20% of the infusion time. Out of this, it is thought that 23% are avoidable in planned procedures and 65% on all occasions. (6) There is very little data on the duration of the interruptions and those associated with diagnostic procedures.

In this single-centre study, we aim to understand the prevalence of instances of missed feeding within an oncology-focused ICU in intubated patients. We looked at the reason for the delay and estimated the calorie deficit, the duration of the delay and the proportion of patients who met at least 60% of the calorie requirement. This is an important step in developing a feeding protocol to minimize such instances.

Methods This study included all intubated patients admitted to the Intensive Care Unit at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre from December 2022 to November 2023. The inclusion criteria were defined as adult patients above the age of 18 who were intubated and ventilated and started on enteral feeding via nasogastric tube. All patients who were not intubated and under 18 years of age were excluded.

Data will be collected from the electronic patient records. The data collected will be demographics, diagnosis, time the feed was started and stopped, delay in restarting the feed, estimated daily calorie requirement, and calorie deficit. The daily calorie requirement will be estimated using the quick calorie method using kilocalories per kilogram Table1. To estimate the actual calorie intake of the patient, the enteral feeding flowsheet of each patient was monitored, and the total intake will be calculated (mL/hr) for the whole day and based on the type of feed (High calorie, standard etc) it will be multiplied to the total intake to get the actual calorie intake.

Energy requirements Based on Kilocalories per kilogram of body weight condition Energy requirement (kcal/kg) Normal 25-30 (kcal/kg) Obese, critically ill, (BMI\>30) 11-14 (actual body weight) or 22-25 (ideal body weight) Mild stress 30-35 (kcal/kg) Moderate to severe 35-45 (kcal/kg)

Table1. The formula used for estimating calorie requirement. The calorie deficit was calculated from this. The percentage of lost calories will be tabulated, and the number of instances where patients received \>60% or \<60% of the daily requirement will be computed.

The local Research Ethics Committee approved the study. As the study was a non-interventional observational study, a consent waiver was requested and was approved by the ethics committee.

Statistical analysis Demographics will be analyzed for the frequency of distribution. The incidence of feed interruption will be calculated and expressed as median, mean and percentage. The proportion of lost calories and calorie deficit will be calculated in numbers and percentages. The commonest reason for delay, avoidable and unavoidable reasons for feed interruption and the proportion of patients who missed more than 60% of the estimated daily requirement will be estimated using frequencies. Spearmen's correlation rank test will be used to examine the relation between the delay in restarting feed and the lost calories.

Conditions

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Critical Illness

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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Critically ill patients

All adult patients ventilated and intubated. These patients should also have enteral nutritional supplement initiated.

Enteral Feeding

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Feeding via Nasogastric tube in intubated and ventilated patients

Interventions

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Enteral Feeding

Feeding via Nasogastric tube in intubated and ventilated patients

Intervention Type DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

\- Adult patients above the age of 18 who were intubated and ventilated and started on enteral feeding via nasogastric tube

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients less than the age of 18
* Patients not intubated and ventilated
* Patients not critically ill
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Muhammad Rehan Akram

Consultant Pulmonary Physician

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre

Al Madīnah, , Saudi Arabia

Site Status

Countries

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Saudi Arabia

References

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Nurkkala JP, Kaakinen TI, Vakkala MA, Ala-Kokko TI, Liisanantti JH. Nutrition deficit during intensive care stay: incidence, predisposing factors and outcomes. Minerva Anestesiol. 2020 May;86(5):527-536. doi: 10.23736/S0375-9393.20.14068-9. Epub 2020 Jan 28.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 32000472 (View on PubMed)

Uozumi M, Sanui M, Komuro T, Iizuka Y, Kamio T, Koyama H, Mouri H, Masuyama T, Ono K, Lefor AK. Interruption of enteral nutrition in the intensive care unit: a single-center survey. J Intensive Care. 2017 Aug 4;5:52. doi: 10.1186/s40560-017-0245-9. eCollection 2017.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 28794882 (View on PubMed)

McClave SA, Sexton LK, Spain DA, Adams JL, Owens NA, Sullins MB, Blandford BS, Snider HL. Enteral tube feeding in the intensive care unit: factors impeding adequate delivery. Crit Care Med. 1999 Jul;27(7):1252-6. doi: 10.1097/00003246-199907000-00003.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 10446815 (View on PubMed)

Passier RH, Davies AR, Ridley E, McClure J, Murphy D, Scheinkestel CD. Periprocedural cessation of nutrition in the intensive care unit: opportunities for improvement. Intensive Care Med. 2013 Jul;39(7):1221-6. doi: 10.1007/s00134-013-2934-8. Epub 2013 May 1.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 23636828 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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REC-2022- 0005

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id