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.
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  • 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.

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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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