Tuyển tập các báo cáo nghiên cứu về y học được đăng trên tạp chí y học Critical Care giúp cho các bạn có thêm kiến thức về ngành y học đề tài: The impact of admission diagnosis on gastric emptying in critically ill patients. | Available online http content 11 1 R16 Research The impact of admission diagnosis on gastric emptying in critically ill patients Nam Q Nguyen1 2 Mei P Ng1 Marianne Chapman3 Robert J Fraser2 and Richard H Holloway1 2 Open Access Department of Gastroenterology Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace Adelaide 5000 Australia 2Department of Medicine University of Adelaide Frome Road Adelaide 5000 Australia department of Intensive Care Royal Adelaide Hospital North Terrace Adelaide 5000 Australia Corresponding author Nam Q Nguyen namphoung28@ Received 11 Nov 2006 Revisions requested 11 Jan 2007 Revisions received 15 Jan 2007 Accepted 8 Feb 2007 Published 8 Feb 2007 Critical Care 2007 11 R16 doi cc5685 This article is online at http content 11 1 R16 2007 Nguyen et al. licensee BioMed Central Ltd. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License http licenses by which permits unrestricted use distribution and reproduction in any medium provided the original work is properly cited. Abstract Introduction Disturbed gastric emptying GE occurs commonly in critically ill patients. Admission diagnoses are believed to influence the incidence of delayed GE and subsequent feed intolerance. Although patients with burns and head injury are considered to be at greater risk the true incidence has not been determined by examination of patient groups of sufficient number. This study aimed to evaluate the impact of admission diagnosis on GE in critically ill patients. Methods A retrospective review of patient demographics diagnosis intensive care unit ICU admission details GE and enteral feeding was performed on an unselected cohort of 132 mechanically ventilated patients 94 males 38 females age 54 years admission Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II APACHE II score of 22 1 who had undergone GE assessment by 13C-octanoic acid breath test. Delayed GE was .
