Prediction of prokinetic agents in critically ill patients with feeding intolerance: a prospective observational clinical study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Prokinetic agents are currently considered the first-line therapy to improve gastric emptying when feeding intolerance occurred in critically ill adults. In this study, we developed a technique to assess the feasibility of predicting prokinetic agent efficacy in critically ill patients.

Methods

The first images of each patient were obtained after EFI had occurred but before the first dose of prokinetic agents was administered and additional images were obtained every morning until the seventh day. The gastric antrum echodensity was recorded based on grayscale values (50th percentile, ED50; 85th percentile, ED85; mean, ED_mean) and daily energy and protein intake was collected as the judgment for effective and ineffective group. A receiver operating chara

SUBMITTER: Lv G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10641452 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature