Gastric versus postpyloric enteral nutrition in elderly patients (age ≥ 75 years) on mechanical ventilation: a single-center randomized trial

The risk of ventilator-associated pneumonia (VAP) is reduced when postpyloric enteral nutrition (EN) is administered compared to when gastric EN is administered in specific populations. In the present study, w...

Source: Critical Care - July 5, 2018 Category: Intensive Care Authors: Youfeng Zhu, Haiyan Yin, Rui Zhang, Xiaoling Ye and Jianrui Wei Tags: Research Source Type: research