The Benefit of Adding Fish Oil to the Nutrition of Critically Ill Patients

• Status: Completed
• Trial end date: 1969-12-31
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

We study whether an increased proportion of omega-3-fatty acids (contained in fish oil) in the nutrition of critically ill patients reduces systemic inflammation.

• Phase: Phase 4
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: University Medicine Greifswald
• Collaborator: Fresenius AG

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• indication for parenteral nutrition

Exclusion Criteria:

• hypertriglyceridemia

• coagulation disorder

• decompensated liver cirrhosis or acute liver failure