Effects of Bolus and Continuous Nasogastric Feeding on Gastric Emptying, Small Bowel Water Content, Superior Mesenteric Artery Blood Flow, and Plasma Hormone Concentrations in Healthy Adults: A Randomized Crossover Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We aimed to demonstrate the effect of continuous or bolus nasogastric feeding on gastric emptying, small bowel water content, and splanchnic blood flow measured by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in the context of changes in plasma gastrointestinal hormone secretion.

Background

Nasogastric/nasoenteral tube feeding is often complicated by diarrhea but the contribution of feeding strategy to the etiology is unclear.

Methods

Twelve healthy adult male participants who underwent nasogastric intubation before a baseline MRI scan, received 400  mL of Resource Energy (Nestle) as a bolus over 5 minutes or continuously over 4  hours via pump in this randomized crossover study. Changes in gastric volume, small bowel water content, and superior mesenteric artery blood

SUBMITTER: Chowdhury AH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4741393 | biostudies-literature | 2016 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature