Status:

COMPLETED

Perioperative TPN Improves Surgical Outcomes

Lead Sponsor:

Nepal Medical College and Teaching Hospital

Conditions:

Parenteral Nutrition

Major Surgery

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

Preoperative optimization of patients is a well known concept. Not all patients can tolerate feeds and as such TPN is given. TPN given preoperatively and continued postoperatively in selected group of...

Detailed Description

Any patient who is at risk of malnutrition as well as already malnutritioned were given preoperative TPN for 5 days. After 5 days, elective surgery was done and TPN was continued postoperatively until...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 1\. All patients who underwent major gastrointestinal surgery and received perioperative TPN or postoperative TPN

Exclusion

  • Perioperative TPN administration that did not follow the study protocol
  • TPN given for reasons other than malnutrition

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

October 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

January 1 2023

Estimated Enrollment :

150 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06573632

Start Date

October 1 2022

End Date

January 1 2023

Last Update

August 27 2024

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Nepal Medical College Teaching Hospital

Kathmandu, Bagmati, Nepal