The effect of body position on gastric residual volume
- Conditions
- relation between body position and gastric residual volume in patients undergoing mechanical ventilation in intensive care units.gastric content
- Registration Number
- IRCT2015110623446N6
- Lead Sponsor
- Vice chancellor for research, AJA University of Medical Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Complete
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 36
Patients, who are hospitalized in medical intensive care units; Age between 18-65 years; Feeding via naso-gastric tube; Patients, who are undergoing invasive mechanical ventilation 48 hours before intervention; Taking no drugs that affect the gastric motility during recent week before intervention; Patients, who do not have acute gastric disorders; Patients, who are not pregnant; Patients, who do not have any limitation or contraindications of body change position.
Exclusion criteria:
Taking drugs that affect gastric motility during the study; Increase the level of conscious and the ability of eating during the study; Change of feeding route; Discharging or transferring of patient from intensive care unit during the study; Weaning of the patient from mechanical ventilation machine.
Not provided
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Gastric residual volume. Timepoint: Before and 3 hours after intervention. Method of measurement: With standard gavage syringe.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method