Impact of not measuring residual gastric volume in mechanically ventilated patients receiving early enteral feeding: A prospective before-after study

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 125-130

  Poulard, Fanny ^a   Dimet, Jerome ^a   Martin Lefevre, Laurent ^a   Bontemps, Frederic ^a   Fiancette, Maud ^a   Clementi, Eva ^a   Lebert, Christine ^b   Renard, Benoit ^a   Reignier, Jean ^a,c  

^a District Hospital Center   (France)

^b HÔTEL DIEU   (France)

^c UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Esophageal reflux; Gastric emptying; Mechanical ventilation; Nosocomial pneumonia; Residual gastric volume; Vomiting

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; FIBEROPTIC BRONCHOSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; HUMAN; LEUKOCYTOSIS; LEUKOPENIA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH VOLUME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VOMITING;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ERYTHROMYCIN; FEMALE; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; VOMITING;

EID: 77952567595     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607109344745     Document Type: Article

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