Gastric residual volumes in critical illness: What do they really mean?

Critical Care Clinics

Volumn 26, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 481-490

  Hurt, Ryan T ^a,b   McClave, Stephen A ^b  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^b University of Louisville School of Medicine   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Gastric residual volumes; Intensive care unit; Patient outcome

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL FEEDING PUMP; GASTRIC RESIDUAL VOLUME; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MONITORING; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RELIABILITY; REVIEW; RISK ASSESSMENT; STOMACH; STOMACH EMPTYING;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION;

EID: 77954948448     PISSN: 07490704     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ccc.2010.04.010     Document Type: Review

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