Should gastric aspirate be discarded or retained when gastric residual volume is removed from gastric tubes?

Summary: Nursing care of patients with enteral feeding tubes is common in the intensive care unit but the evidence that surrounds the practice is limited. Recent research by Juve-Udina and colleagues (2010) "To return or to discard? Randomised trial on gastric residual volume management"...

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Main Authors: Williams, Teresa, Leslie, Gavin
Format: Journal Article
Published: Elsevier Inc 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36468