Managing gastric residual volumes in the critically ill patient: An update

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 14, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 193-196

  Delegge, Mark H ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH CAROLINA   (United States)

Author keywords

aspiration pneumonia; enteral feeding; gastric residual volume; gastroparesis; refractometry

Indexed keywords

ANTIEMETIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PEPSIN A; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ACID ASPIRATION; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL ASSESSMENT; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM DISEASE; DISEASE MARKER; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTERIC FEEDING; GASTRIC RESIDUAL VOLUME; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PEPSIN SECRETION; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REFRACTOMETER; REFRACTOMETRY; RISK FACTOR; STOMACH ACID SECRETION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH PARESIS; STOMACH VOLUME; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING; UPPER DIGESTIVE INTOLERANCE; VOMITING;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FOOD, FORMULATED; GASTRIC EMPTYING; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; PNEUMONIA, ASPIRATION;

EID: 79952037322     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 14736519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MCO.0b013e328341ede7     Document Type: Article

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