Impact of early enteral versus parenteral nutrition on mortality in patients requiring mechanical ventilation and catecholamines: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial (NUTRIREA-2)

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Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Brisard, Laurent ^a,b   Le Gouge, Amélie ^c   Lascarrou, Jean Baptiste ^d   Dupont, Hervé ^e   Asfar, Pierre ^f   Sirodot, Michel ^g   Piton, Gael ^h   Bui, Hoang Nam ⁱ   Gontier, Olivier ^j   Hssain, Ali Ait ^k   Gaudry, Stéphane ^l,m   Rigaud, Jean Philippe ⁿ   Quenot, Jean Pierre ^o,p   Maxime, Virginie ^q   Schwebel, Carole ^r   Thévenin, Didier ^s   Nseir, Saad ^t   Parmentier, Erika ^t   El Kalioubie, Ahmed ^t   Jourdain, Mercé ^t   Leray, Véronique ^u   Rolin, Nathalie ^v   Bellec, Frédéric ^w   Das, Vincent ^x   Ganster, Frédérique ^g   Guitton, Christophe ^y   Asehnoune, Karim ^y   Bretagnol, Anne ^z   Anguel, Nadia ^aa   Mira, Jean Paul ^ab   Canet, Emmanuel ^ac   Guidet, Bertrand ^ad   Djibre, Michel ^ae   Misset, Benoit ^af   Robert, René ^ag   Martino, Frédéric ^ah   Letocart, Philippe ^g   Silva, Daniel ^ai   Darmon, Michael ^aj   Botoc, Vlad ^g   Herbrecht, Jean Etienne ^ak   Meziani, Ferhat ^al   Devaquet, Jérôme ^am   Mercier, Emmanuelle ^an   Richecoeur, Jack ^ao   Martin, Stéphanie ^d   Gréau, Emilie ^d   Giraudeau, Bruno ^c,ap   Reignier, Jean ^b,d   more..

^a CHU de Nantes   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF TOURS   (France)

^d Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit District Hospital Center   (France)

^e AMIENS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^f ANGERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^g Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF BESANÇON   (France)

ⁱ Hospital and University Centre   (France)

^j Medical Surgical Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^k UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF CLERMONT FERRAND   (France)

^l HÔPITAL LOUIS MOURIER   (France)

^m Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale   (France)

ⁿ District Hospital Center   (France)

^o DIJON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^p Chu   (France)

^q RAYMOND POINCARÉ HOSPITAL   (France)

^r GRENOBLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^s Hospital Center   (France)

^t LILLE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^u Pediatrics Unit Hospital   (France)

^v District Hospital Center   (France)

^w District Hospital Center   (France)

^x Intensive Care Unit   (France)

^y HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^z District Hospital Center   (France)

^aa BICÊTRE HOSPITAL   (France)

^ab NONE   (France)

^ac SAINT LOUIS HOSPITAL   (France)

^ad HÔPITAL SAINT ANTOINE   (France)

^ae HÔPITAL TENON   (France)

^af SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^ag POITIERS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^ah UF Rech Clinique et Biostatistique   (France)

^ai District Hospital Center   (France)

^aj UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF SAINT ETIENNE   (France)

^ak HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

^al HÔPITAL CIVIL   (France)

^am FOCH HOSPITAL   (France)

^an CHU BRETONNEAU   (France)

^ao District Hospital Center   (France)

^ap UNIVERSITÉ DE TOURS   (France)

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Author keywords

Critical illness; Enteral nutrition; Mechanical ventilation; Mortality; Nosocomial infection; Parenteral nutrition; Shock; Vasoactive drugs

Indexed keywords

CATECHOLAMINE; LACTIC ACID; VASOACTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; EARLY INTERVENTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MORTALITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARENTERAL NUTRITION; RANDOMIZATION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SHOCK; TREATMENT DURATION;

EID: 84928775691     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-15-507     Document Type: Article

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