ANZIC-RC Nutrition Program
The Australian and New Zealand Intensive Care Research Centre Nutrition Program is led by Associate Professor Emma Ridley. The aims of the Nutrition Program are to:
- Conduct high quality, meaningful research that addresses the needs of consumers and generates new knowledge to impact global nutrition care for critically ill patients
- Improve capacity and skill in critical care nutrition research across Australia and New Zealand
- Support and mentor academic clinician researchers of all disciplines with an interest in critical care nutrition
Current Studies
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ePICUre
A multi-centre, observational study of nutrition in paediatric critically ill children across Australia and New Zealand
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MEASURE
The association between MEASured versus predicted energy expenditUre and clinical outcomes in adult cRitically ill patiEnts
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NUTRIENT 2
Nutrition practice in critically ill adults – an observational study
Completed Studies
- ASAP – Audit of Severe Acute Pancreatitis Feeding Practices in Australasia
- ECMO-Energy – The measurement of energy expenditure in patients receiving veno-arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (ECMO)
- ECMO Observational – Nutrition therapy in adult patients receiving extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a prospective, multicentre, observational study
- ENTERIC – Early nasojejunal with nasogastric nutrition in critical illness
- INTENT – Intensive Nutrition Therapy comparEd to usual care iN criTically ill adults – A randomised controlled trial
- INTENT Muscle – Intensive Nutrition Therapy comparEd to usual care iN criTically ill adults – Muscle
- POLAR-BEAR – Prophylactic hypothermia trial to Lessen traumatic brain injury – Basal Energy Assessment Research
- Supplemental parenteral nutrition in critically ill patients – A pilot randomised controlled study
- TARGET – The Augmented versus Routine approach to Giving Energy Trial