Resting Metabolic Rate in Chronic Bed-Ridden Patients

Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital15 enrolled

Overview

Research objective: to measure resting metabolic rate (REE) in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients and to compare their measured energy needs to standard REE equations

Are standard REE equations suitable for estimating resting metabolic rate in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients? Research objective: to measure resting metabolic rate (REE) in long term, bed ridden, chronically ill patients and to compare their measured energy needs to standard REE equations

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Chronic Disease

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 18 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Age (years): 18-30, 31-60, 61-74, 75-100 * Confinement to bed at least for a year Exclusion Criteria: * Mechanical ventilation * Tracheostomy

Locations (1)

Reuth Rehabilitation Hospital

Tel Aviv, Israel

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