Status:
COMPLETED
Acute Non-mechanical Lower Digestive Tract Disorders Should Distinguish Whether Colonic Lesions or Not in Critically Ill Patients
Lead Sponsor:
Nanjing PLA General Hospital
Conditions:
Critical Care Patient; Lower Digestive Tract Disorder;
Colon Lesions;
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-80 years
Brief Summary
The purpose of the study is to investigate acute non-mechanical lower digestive tract disorders should distinguish whether colonic lesions or not in critically ill patients
Detailed Description
The study was approved by the ethics committee of Jinling hospital and the medical school of nanjing university. This prospective study was performed at a surgical intensive care unit (SICU), which co...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Critical patients aging from 18 to 80 years old diagnosed with acute lower gastrointestinal dysfunction
- enteral nutrition intolerance not due to upper gastriointestinal obstruction
- Colonic distension: colonic diameter \>6 cm or ileocecus diameter \>9 cm under the view of computed tomography or abdomial X ray. Enteral nutrition intolerance was defined as enteral feeding \< 50% caculated needs or no feeding for three days -
Exclusion
- mechanical intestinal obstruction (including tomor, stercoral obstruction etc); gastrointestinal hemorrhage within 72 hours; history of inflammatory bowel disease (ulcerative colitis or crohn's disease) or radiation enteritis; pregnancy; having the contradiction of proserine administration. -
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 1 2007
Trial Type :
OBSERVATIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
January 1 2012
Estimated Enrollment :
69 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT01919060
Start Date
January 1 2007
End Date
January 1 2012
Last Update
August 8 2013
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