Ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is an iatrogenic pulmonary infection that develops in
tracheally intubated patients on mechanical ventilation for at least 48 hours. VAP is the …

Background and aim: Monitoring of gastric residual volume (GRV) to assess for enteral
feeding intolerance is common practice in the intensive care unit (ICU) setting; however …

Ensuring optimal nutrition is vital in critically ill children and enteral feeding is the main route
of delivery in intensive care. Feeding intolerance is the most commonly cited reason …

Purpose: Enteral nutrition (EN) is often held in patients receiving vasopressor support for
septic shock. The rationale for this practice is to avoid mesenteric ischemia. The objective of …

Background Adult critically ill patients are prone to complications when receiving enteral
nutrition, including feeding intolerance. Although abdominal massage is an effective …

Critically ill children frequently fail to achieve adequate energy intake, and some care
practices, such as the measurement of gastric residual volume (GRV), may contribute to this …

Objective In critically ill patients, the optimal procedure to monitor upper gastrointestinal
function is controversial. Several authors have proposed gastric residual volume (GRV) as a …

Enteral access feeding devices are placed in patients who have a functional and accessible
gastrointestinal (GI) tract but are not able to consume or absorb enough nutrients to sustain …

Abstract Purpose of Review Efforts to provide early enteral nutrition in critical illness are
thwarted by gastrointestinal dysfunction and feeding intolerance. While many of the signs …

Background Monitoring gastric residual volume has been a common practice in intensive
care patients receiving enteral feeding worldwide. Recent studies though, have challenged …