Clinical validation of a novel diagnostic medical device to assess gastric motility and sensitivity as key mediators in food tolerance KU Leuven
Critically ill patients are admitted to the intensive care unit for specialized and often life-saving therapy of an acute insult such as trauma, infection or surgery. International guidelines propose to initiate enteral nutrition as soon as possible at a low infusion speed when oral intake is insufficient. When tolerated, the speed can be gradually increased. However, gastrointestinal function is impaired in approximately one-third to half of ...