Nutrition in Paediatric Critical Care
For patients and families
In plain language
An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.
- What is being studied
- The protocol lists: No Intervention: Observational Cohort.
- Who it may be relevant to
- Registry conditions: ICU, Nutrition, Paediatric. Basic parameters: 0 years — 18 years · All.
- What needs checking
- Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
- Where it takes place
- Australia, New Zealand
- Next step
- Save the trial, show it to the treating physician, and confirm current recruitment with the study center. Costs, documents and travel →
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Official title
Nutrition in Paediatric Critical Care: a Bi-national Prospective Cohort Study
Overview
This is a multi-centre prospective cohort study of nutrition in paediatric critical care in Australia and New Zealand. The study is planned to run in parallel with the adult ICU cohort study, NUTRIENT. Two study periods are proposed with the first in late 2024 and the second in 2026. This observational study seeks to determine the following (although not limited to) descriptive outcomes of interest: 1. Nutritional outcomes, including route of nutrition support (oral, enteral and/or parenteral), energy and protein prescription and provision, and anthropometric measures 2. Patient-centred outcomes, including duration of invasive respiratory support and hospitalisation, and mortality 3. Nutrition service delivery in the PICU and ward settings
Interventions
- Other No Intervention: Observational Cohort
No Intervention: Observational Cohort
Primary outcome measures
- Energy intake as proportion of estimated requirements [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
Secondary outcome measures (7)
- Protein intake as proportion of estimated requirements [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
- Route of nutrition provision [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
- Type of nutrition provision (type of diet or oral/enteral feed/formula) [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
- Anthropometric measures reported as z-scores [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
- Multidisciplinary nutrition assessment and intervention [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
- Duration of invasive ventilation [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
- Duration of PICU and hospital admission [Time frame: Up to day 28 of hospitalization]
Eligibility criteria
Inclusion criteria
- All patients </=18 years of age
- Admitted to the PICU after 00:00 on the day of the study period commencement
- Admitted to the PICU for >72 hours
Exclusion criteria
- Those previously enrolled during the study period (i.e. those re-admitted to PICU)
- Those for end of life care only
- Those admitted for organ donation
Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.
Healthy volunteers: No
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
Study locations
Australia · 10 centers
- Women's and Children's Hospital Adelaide — Adelaide
- Queensland Children's Hospital — Brisbane
- Royal Hobart Hospital — Hobart
- Monash Children's Hospital — Melbourne
- The Royal Children's Hospital Melbourne — Melbourne
- Perth Children's Hospital — Perth
- Sunshine Coast Hospital — Sunshine Coast
- John Hunter Children's Hospital — Sydney
- … and 2 more centers
New Zealand · 1 center
- Starship Children's Hospital — Auckland
Identifiers
NCT: NCT06695078 · ANZIC-RC/JW001