Body Composition Measurements in Pneumonia

Jens Rikardt Andersen36 enrolled

Overview

The purpose of this study is to validate and standardize bioelectrical impedance analysis (BIA, Maltron BioScan touch i8) for estimating body composition in hospitalized elderly patients with pneumonia. Body composition assessments with BIA and dual-energy x-ray absorptiometry (DXA,

Holigic Discovery) was performed on 36 non-fasting patients over 65 years of age. 29 patients had BIA performed within 24 hours after hospital admission and at the date of discharge. 17 patients had BIA performed in fasted state and one hour after an intake of 300 ml glucose solution.

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Acute Infection Respiratory

Interventions

BIA and DXADIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Patients with acute pneumonia measured simultaneously with DXA-scan and BIA-impedance

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 65 Years

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

Inclusion Criteria: * Acute pneumonia, * Accept participation (informed consent) * Understand the given instructions and information Exclusion Criteria: * None

Locations (1)

Hillerød Hospital

Hillerød, Denmark

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Correlation between LBM (lean body mass) with DXA and BIA

At admittance both methods.

Time frame: within 3 days

Secondary Outcomes

Development in lean-body-mass during hospital stay

Repeated measurement with BIA during the state of acute infection

Time frame: 3-10 days (hospital stay)

BIA measured before and after oral glucose load test

To investigate for the effect of fasting on the determination of total body water with BIA

Time frame: 1 hour

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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