NCT01735435

Tight Caloric Balance in Geriatric Patients

Tight Caloric Balance in Geriatric Patients After Hip Fracture.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 50 (actual)
• Sponsor: Rabin Medical Center · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study to assess the impact of nutritional support guided by repeated measurements of REE in geriatric patients following surgery for hip fractures. Our hypothesis is that tight caloric control will reduce the risk of significant postoperative complications in geriatric patients following surgery for hip fractures. Study Design :Prospective, Single center, Randomized, Unblinded study. Study Population:geriatric patients following surgery for hip fractures.

Detailed description

The primary outcome: presence of postoperative complications,hospital length of stay. Secondary outcomes: energy intake and calculated energy balance Study Procedure: eligible patients will be randomly assigned to 2 groups: the tight calorie (intervention)group and the control group.

Conditions

• Nutrition Assessment

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Indirect Calorimetry	The tight calorie group received calories with an energy goal determined by repeated REE measurements using indirect calorimetry. IC measurements:after a fasting period of at least 6 hours at three time periods : on admission to the study,between 24-48 hours following surgery and on the 7th day of the study.Measurements were performed by an experienced nurse or dietician,the device was automatically calibrated before each measurement and the REE was recorded after 15 minutes.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-05-01
• Primary completion: 2012-03-01
• Completion: 2012-03-01
• First posted: 2012-11-28
• Last updated: 2012-11-28

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Israel