Gastric versus postpyloric enteral nutrition in elderly patients (age ≥ 75 years) on mechanical ventilation: a single-center randomized trial

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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Main Authors: Youfeng Zhu, Haiyan Yin, Rui Zhang, Xiaoling Ye, Jianrui Wei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-07-01
Series:Critical Care
Subjects:
Postpyloric enteral nutrition
Gastric enteral nutrition
Elderly patients
Ventilator-associated pneumonia
Mechanical ventilation
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s13054-018-2092-z

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