A randomised controlled comparison of early post-pyloric versus early gastric feeding to meet nutritional targets in ventilated intensive care patients

White, Hayden; Sosnowski, Kellie; D. Tran, Khoa; Reeves, Annelli; Jones, Mark

doi:10.1186/cc8181

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A randomised controlled comparison of early post-pyloric versus early gastric feeding to meet nutritional targets in ventilated intensive care patients

Published in Critical Care • Nov 25, 2009

Authors:

Hayden White

Kellie Sosnowski

Khoa D. Tran

Abstract

INTRODUCTION: To compare outcomes from early post-pyloric to gastric feeding in ventilated, critically ill patients in a medical intensive care unit (ICU). METHODS: Prospective randomized study. Ventilated patients were randomly assigned to receive enteral feed via a nasogastric or a post-pyloric tu...

Subject

Medicine

Intensive care

Intensive care medicine

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