TICACOS International: a multi-center, randomized, prospective controlled study comparing Tight Calorie Control versus Liberal Calorie Administration Study

Since the first TICACOS study, 3 additional studies have been published comparing a medical nutrition therapy guided by indirect calorimetry to a regimen prescribed on the basis of predictive equations. A recent guidelines document included a meta-analysis including these 4 papers and found a trend for improvement (OR 0.98-1.48) in favor of medical nutrition therapy guided by indirect calorimetry in terms of survival. The aim of our study was to perform a multicenter prospective, randomized, controlled non blinded study in critically patients to assess the added value for measuring daily resting energy expenditure as a guide for nutritional support.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - May 28, 2020 Category: Nutrition Authors: P. Singer, E. De Waele, C. Sanchez, S. Ruiz Santana, J.C. Montejo, P.F. Laterre, A. Sorokski, E. Moscovici, I. Kagan Tags: Randomized Control Trials Source Type: research