Open AccessGastric Residual Volume Measurement in U.K. PICUs: A Survey of Practice*
Author(s) -
Lyvonne N Tume,
Barbara Arch,
Kerry Woolfall,
Lynne Latten,
Elizabeth Deja,
Louise Roper,
Nazima Pathan,
Helen Eccleson,
Helen Hickey,
Michaela Brown,
Anne Beissel,
Izabela Andrzejewska,
Chris Gale,
Frédéric V. Valla,
Jon Dorling
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pediatric critical care medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.299
H-Index - 87
eISSN - 1947-3893
pISSN - 1529-7535
DOI - 10.1097/pcc.0000000000001944
Subject(s) - medicine , residual , residual volume , volume (thermodynamics) , enteral administration , parenteral nutrition , emergency medicine , intensive care medicine , lung volumes , physics , algorithm , quantum mechanics , lung , computer science
Despite little evidence, the practice of routine measurement of gastric residual volume to guide both the initiation and delivery of enteral feeding in PICUs is widespread internationally. In light of increased scrutiny of the evidence surrounding this practice, and as part of a trial feasibility study, we aimed to determine enteral feeding and gastric residual volume measurement practices in U.K. PICUs.