Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 215-217, November 2010

Should gastric aspirate be discarded or retained when gastric residual volume is removed from gastric tubes?

Maria-Eulàlia Juvé-Udina, Consol Valls-Miró, Avelina Carreño-Granero, Gemma Martinez-Estalella, David Monterde-Prat, Carmen-Maria Domingo-Felici, Joan Llusa-Finestres, Gemma Asensio-Malo. To return or to discard? Randomised trial on gastric residual volume management. Intensive and Critical Care Nursing 2009;25:258–267.

  • Teresa A. Williams (RN, PhD, MHlthSci(Res), PG Dip Clin Epi, BN, ICU Cert)

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Division, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
    • School of Nursing, Midwifery, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +61 439 907 616; fax: +61 8 9224 3668.
    • ,
  • Gavin D. Leslie (RN, PhD, BAppSc, PG Dip, ICU Cert)

      Affiliations

    • Critical Care Division, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, Australia
    • School of Nursing, Midwifery, Curtin Health Innovation Research Institute, Curtin University, Australia
    • Tel.: +61 404103344; fax: +61 8 9224 2255.

Received 27 April 2010; received in revised form 7 May 2010; accepted 10 May 2010. published online 17 June 2010.

Summary 

Nursing care of patients with enteral feeding tubes is common in the intensive care unit but the evidence that surrounds the practice is limited. Recent research by Juve-Udina and colleagues (2010) “To return or to discard? Randomised trial on gastric residual volume management” compares two methods of managing gastric residual volume. This critique provides a brief summary of their research and critically appraises the paper. The implications for nursing practice are discussed.

Keywords: Intensive care, Enteral feeding, Randomised control trial

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PII: S1036-7314(10)00081-0

doi:10.1016/j.aucc.2010.05.001

Australian Critical Care
Volume 23, Issue 4 , Pages 215-217, November 2010

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