Open AccessEffect of gastric residual volume monitoring on incidence of ventilator-associated pneumonia in mechanically ventilated patients admitted to intensive care unit
Author(s) -
Elnaz Faramarzi,
Ata Mahmoodpoor,
Hadi Hamishehkar,
Kamran Shadvar,
Afshin Iranpour,
Tara Sabzevari,
Sarvin Sanaie
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.36.2.1321
Subject(s) - medicine , mechanical ventilation , ventilator associated pneumonia , incidence (geometry) , intensive care unit , pneumonia , anesthesia , sofa score , vomiting , physics , optics
The value of gastric residual volume (GRV) monitoring in ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) has frequently been questioned in the past years. In this trial, the effect of GRV on the frequency of VAP was evaluated in critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation.