Ultrasound Assessment of Residual Gastric Content in Critically Ill Patients (GastrICU)

Hôpital Edouard Herriot

Status: Completed

Conditions: Critically Ill Patients

Treatments: Diagnostic Test: Ultrasound examination of the antrum

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03205592

L16-174

Details and patient eligibility

About

This prospective observational study aims to assess whether ultrasound assessment of gastric content may be useful for the monitoring of the gastric residual content in critically ill patients

Enrollment: 61 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Critically ill patients under mechanical ventilation and enteral feeding through a gastric tube since >48 h

Exclusion criteria

• Digestive hemorrhage Contra-indication to prokinetic drugs Enteral feeding through jejunostomy or gastrostomy Pregnancy