Patients
trauma
RECRUITMENT
Eligible ICUs were French ICUs that volunteered to participate in the trial.Inclusion criteria for patients were: age ≥ 18 years old, under mechanical ventilation (through endotracheal tube), admission to one of the 12 recruiting ICUs for > 48 and ≤ 72 h, and expected length of stay after inclusion > 24 h. Exclusion criteria were clinical condition or unavailability of bedside scale impeding weighing, multiple trauma, hospital stay in another ICU > 24 h immediately preceding the index ICU admission, pregnancy, expected withdrawal of life-sustaining therapy within 7 days after admission, patient refusal of personal data collection (or use), history of ICU stay in one of the 12 recruiting ICUs during the recruitment period, and under guardianship.One of the investigators of the concerned ICU informed eligible patients and their kin about the trial protocol and their right to refuse to participate in the trial. Because the POINCARE-2 strategy focused on health care organization, written informed consent was waived in accordance with the French law (Bill number 2012–300 on March 5, 2012 about research involving humans).