Delayed gastric emptying in ventilated critically ill patients: Measurement by 13C-octanoic acid breath test

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2001, Pages 1744-1749

  Ritz, Marc A ^a   Fraser, Rob ^a   Edwards, Nick ^a   Di Matteo, Addolorata C ^a   Chapman, Marianne ^a   Butler, Ross ^b   Cmielewski, Patricia ^c   Tournadre, Jean Pierre ^a   Davidson, Geoff ^b   Dent, John ^a  

^a ROYAL ADELAIDE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Breath test; Critically ill; Enteral feeding; Gastric emptying; Gastric stasis; Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Motility; Stomach; Technique

Indexed keywords

CARBON 13; OCTANOIC ACID;

ADULT; AGED; AREA UNDER THE CURVE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BREATH ANALYSIS; CARBON 13 OCTANOIC ACID BREATH TEST; CARBON DIOXIDE MEASUREMENT; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MASS SPECTROMETER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH MOTILITY; TECHNIQUE; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0034847391     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200109000-00015     Document Type: Article

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