Table 1.
Intermittent feeding protocol (experimental group)
| Time | 06:00–06:30 | 10:30 | 11:00–11:30 | 15:30 | 16:00–16:30 | 20:30 | 21:00–21:30 | 01:30 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nutrition | Break | GRV | Nutrition | Break | GRV | Nutrition | Break | GRV | Nutrition | Break | GRV | Break | |
| Day 1 | |||||||||||||
| Protein dose1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Flow rate2 | 50–90 | 100–180 | 200–360 | 200–360 | |||||||||
| Total protein3 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 1.1 | |||||||||
| Day 2 | |||||||||||||
| Protein dose1 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | |||||||||
| Flow rate2 | 200–360 | 200–360 | 200–360 | 200–360 | |||||||||
| Total protein3 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1.6 | |||||||||
GRV gastric residual volume
1[g/kgBW/30 min], 4 nutrition cycles/24 h: each with 30 min nutrition followed by a 4-h break and 30 min GRV measure, night time break of 4 h. Total time of feeding, 2 h; GRV measurements, 2 h; break, 20 h
2[ml Fresubin© Intensive/30 min], depending on bodyweight
3Total of administered protein of the preceding 24 h [g/kgBW]