ICU enteral nutrition & why gastric residual volume isn’t helpful

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[00:00:00]Here's the reason nobody cares about gastric residual volumes. Gastric residual volumes have been shown to be a poor marker of true gastric volume, gastric emptying, risk of aspiration, pneumonia, and poor outcomes. The practice of checking is not well-standardized. The values are difficult to interpret, and the use of resources is substantial. The use of residual volumes as a monitor increases the likelihood of tube clogging 10 bold.

[00:00:18]The sensitivity to detect aspiration is poor, shown to be less than 2 to 8%. And that's why nobody cares about gastric residual volumes. Follow for more ICU Med Simple.