Feeding Trial in the Obese Critical Care Population

Enteral Formula Tolerance in the Obese Critical Care Population

This study will assess enteral feeding in an obese critically ill population with a higher protein whey based peptide formula.

Assess enteral feeding goal with a higher protein whey based peptide formula in an obese critically ill population.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Age ≥ 18 years
• Surgical or Medical intensive care unit (ICU) patient
• Body mass index (BMI) ≥ 30

Exclusion Criteria:

• pregnant or lactating
• unable to access gastrointestinal (GI) tract for feeding via tube
• other contraindication to tube feeding
• admitted with burns
• severe head trauma