Impact of Nutritional Status on Clinical Outcome in PICU

March 6, 2020 updated by: Hager Adel Ali, Assiut University

the Impact of Nutritional Status on Clinical Outcome of Children Admitted in PICU OF Assuit Children University Hospital

Malnutrition is believed to be associated with clinical outcomes in ill patients and several studies have shown that nutrition status play a major role in disease prognosis in adults .

Different authors have described an increase in morbidity and mortality attributable to malnutrition, as it lead to state of partial immunosuppression, delay wound healing ,causes muscular atrophy and increase length of stay.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Several studies have investigated the predictive role of an extremely low body weight on disease prognosis and outcomes among general and critically ill children .They enrolled all patients consecutively admitted to pediatric intensive care unit PICU) , therefore , being underweight may have resulted from endocrine diseases, genetic syndromes or other systemic underlying illnesses .

The impact of low body weight on outcomes of acutely critically ill but previously healthy children is still unknown.

Many studies evaluate the clinical status and outcome by pediatric index of mortality (PIM2) as a popular and reliable predictive score .

In this study, we will investigate the impact of being underweight or proper weight on mortality and morbidity among acute critically ill children with no genetic, endocrine, or chronic systemic illness at PICU admission

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

80

Contacts and Locations

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Participation Criteria

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Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

1 month to 18 years (Child, Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

children age from one month to 18 years with no chronic diseases admitted at PICU at Assiut university hospital

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  1. All children admitted to PICU with nutritional disorders
  2. Children with acute diseases and anthropometric measurements taken within first 24hours

Exclusion Criteria:

1-children with underlying chronic diseases (eg cerebral palsy ,type 1 or 2 diabetes , epilepsy, metabolic diseases, inflammatory bowel disease , liver cirrhosis , immunodeficiency , autoimmune disordes , malignancy , chronic kidney disease) and postoperative patients.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Observational Models: Cohort
  • Time Perspectives: Cross-Sectional

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
the correlation between nutritional status of children admitted in PICU and outcomes
Time Frame: 2 years
nutritional status measured by weight in kilograms and height in meters will be combined to report BMI for Z scoreand outcomes measured by pediatric index of mortality2 (PIM2)
2 years

Collaborators and Investigators

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Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

Study record dates

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Study Major Dates

Study Start (Anticipated)

December 1, 2020

Primary Completion (Anticipated)

December 1, 2021

Study Completion (Anticipated)

January 1, 2022

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 1, 2020

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 6, 2020

First Posted (Actual)

March 10, 2020

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

March 10, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 6, 2020

Last Verified

March 1, 2020

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Terms related to this study

Additional Relevant MeSH Terms

Other Study ID Numbers

  • nutritional status

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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