Gastric versus postpyloric enteral nutrition in elderly patients (age ≥ 75 years) on mechanical ventilation: a single-center randomized trial
Abstract Background The risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is reduced when postpyloric enteral nutrition (EN) is administered compared to when gastric EN is administered in specific populations. In the present study, we tested the hypothesis that postpyloric EN is superior to gastric EN i...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2018-07-01
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| Series: | Critical Care |
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| Online Access: | http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-018-2092-z |