Alternative Substrates in the Critically Ill Subject (ASICS) Trial SOPs

• Aim: Investigate the feasibility of administrating alternative substrates to ICU patients. This includes reconstituting and administering a modular ketone-inducing (ketogenic) enteral feeding regimen to ICU patients; to show that this feed does increase blood ketones; and that it is feasible to collect the desired outcomes.
• Trial Nutrition SOP: ASICS Trial Nutrition SOP v5.0 [DOC 34KB]
• Ultrasound Quadriceps (Rectus Femoris) SOP: USS ASICS SOP [DOC 2,201KB]
• Ultrasound Measurement of Quadriceps Rectus Femoris Cross-sectional Area SOP: US Cross-sectional Area SOP [DOC 1,225KB]