Indirect Calorimetry Measurement in the Pediatric Intensive Care Unit's Smallest Patients
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Conditions studied: Pediatric Critical Illness
In brief
Indirect calorimetry is considered the reference method for measuring energy expenditure in intensive care patients. However, in infants and small children weighing less than 10 kilograms, its clinical use has historically been limited due to technical challenges related to low tidal volumes, potential increases in dead space, and measurement precision. The goal of this observational study is to evaluate the feasibility and performance of indirect calorimetry using the Q-NRG+ device in critically ill children weighing less than 10 kg who are admitted to a pediatric intensive care unit.
Key facts
- Study ID
- NCT07462806
- Run by
- Karolinska Institutet
- People needed
- 80
- Starts
- 2026-04-01
- Expected to finish
- 2027-12-01
- Last updated by the study team
- 2026-03-10
Who can join
Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.
You may not qualify if…
- In mechanically ventilated patients' unstable ventilation including ventilation settings changed during the last 60 minutes (FiO2 >70%, PIP>30 cmH2O, or ventilation system leakage). Patients spontaneous breathing not tolerating measurements with canopy.
Where it is running
- Pediatric Perioperative Medicine and Intensive Care Stockholm, Sweden — Stockholm, Solna, Sweden
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