Patients who were inserted the post pyloric enteral feeding tube in the intensive care unit
Conditions
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1) Patients diagnosed as requiring the enteral nutrition The first attempt for insertion or the replacement of the inserted enteral feeding tube at intensive care unit 2) Patients who have had abdominal radiographs or CT scan within 1 year prior to enteral feeding tube insertion
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1) Patients who have an enteral feeding tube inserted or gastrostomy, enteric fistula) in place prior to admission 2) Patients with ileus, severe diarrhea, gastrointestinal bleeding, infection of the gastrointestinal tract
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| First pass success rate for the blind placement of post-pyloric feeding tube | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| 1) The number of the attempt until the success of the post pyloric placement of the enteral feeding tube Percentage of cases in which insertion was performed using methods other than the blind method Percentage of cases in which duodenal insertion was abandoned 2) Death in the hospital, death in the ICU, and ventilator free days 3) The position of the greater curvature of the stomach after first pass success of the post pyloric enteral feeding tube placement (4) The angle between the line connecting the gastric horn and pylorus and the descending duodenum in the pre-insertion CT, and the height from the gastric horn to the pylorus | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Yokohama city university hospital Anesthesiology and critical care medicine