Frequency of Aspirating Gastric Tubes for Patients Receiving Enteral Nutrition in the ICU: A Randomised Controlled Trial
Background: Enteral nutrition (EN) tolerance is often monitored by aspirating stomach contents by syringe at prescribed intervals. No studies have been conducted to assess the most appropriate time interval for aspirating gastric tubes. We compared gastric tube aspirations every 4 hours (usual care...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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SAGE Publishing
2013
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/28759 |