New Stool-Based care pathway aims to tame diarrhea in ICU patients on tube feeding
NCT ID NCT07683364
First seen Jul 06, 2026 · Last updated Jul 07, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This trial tests whether a standardized nursing care pathway, guided by the Bristol Stool Form Scale, can reduce the severity of diarrhea in critically ill patients receiving tube feeding. The pathway involves regular stool assessments and step-by-step interventions such as adjusting feeding rates or adding probiotics. Researchers will compare this approach to usual ICU care in 60 patients over a 7-day observation period.
What this could mean
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- Active substance
- BSFS-Based Diarrhea Care Pathway
- What this could lead to
- If effective, this care pathway could provide a simple, standardized method to reduce diarrhea severity and improve comfort for ICU patients on tube feeding.
- What could go wrong
- This is a small, single-center trial with 60 participants, so results may not apply broadly. The intervention is behavioral, not a drug, so benefits may be modest.
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Conditions
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Department of Critical Care Medicine, Tangdu Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University
Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710032, China
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