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Type: | Journal article |
Title: | Delayed gastric emptying in ventilated critically ill patients: Measurement by 13C-octanoic acid breath test |
Author: | Ritz, M. Fraser, R. Edwards, N. Di Matteo, A. Chapman, M. Butler, R. Cmielewski, P. Tournadre, J. Davidson, G. Dent, J. |
Citation: | Critical Care Medicine, 2001; 29(9):1744-1749 |
Publisher: | Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Issue Date: | 2001 |
ISSN: | 0090-3493 1530-0293 |
Statement of Responsibility: | Marc A. Ritz, Rob Fraser, Nick Edwards, Addolorata C. Di Matteo, Marianne Chapman, Ross Butler, Patricia Cmielewski, Jean-Pierre Tournadre, Geoff Davidson and John Dent |
Abstract: | <h4>Objective</h4>To measure gastric emptying in ventilated critically ill patients with a new noninvasive breath test.<h4>Design</h4>Single-center, open study.<h4>Setting</h4>Combined medical and surgical intensive care unit of a university hospital.<h4>Subjects</h4>Thirty unselected mechanically ventilated critically ill patients receiving gastric feeding and 22 healthy volunteers.<h4>Interventions</h4>None.<h4>Patients</h4>After 4 hrs without feeding, intragastric infusion of 100 mL of a liquid meal (Ensure) labeled with 100 microL 13C-octanoic acid. End-expiratory breath samples were collected into evacuated tubes from the respirator circuit every 5 mins for the first hour, then every 15 mins for 3 hrs. End-expiratory breath samples were also collected from volunteers studied supine after an overnight fast following an identical infusion via a nasogastric tube. Breath 13CO2 was measured with an isotope ratio mass spectrometer.<h4>Measurements and main results</h4>Performance of the breath test posed no difficulty or interference with patient care. The CO2 level was >1% in 1297/1300 breath samples, indicating satisfactory end-expiratory timing. Data are median and interquartile range. Gastric emptying was slower in patients compared with volunteers: gastric emptying coefficient 2.93 (2.17-3.39) vs. 3.58 (3.18-3.79), p <.001 and gastric half emptying time, derived from the area under the 13CO2 curve, 155 min (130-220) vs. 133 min (120-145), p <.008. Fourteen of the 30 patients had a gastric emptying coefficient <95% of all volunteers and 11 had a gastric half emptying time longer than 95% of all volunteers. The Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation (APACHE II) score (median 22, range 13-43) either at admission or on the day of the study did not correlate with gastric emptying coefficient.<h4>Conclusion</h4>Gastric emptying of a calorie-dense liquid meal is slow in 40% to 45% of unselected mechanically ventilated patients in a combined medical and surgical intensive care unit. The 13C-octanoic acid breath test is a novel and useful bedside technique to measure gastric emptying in these patients. |
Keywords: | motility, stomach, gastric emptying, gastric stasis, enteral feeding, intensive care unit, critically ill, mechanical ventilation, breath test, technique |
Rights: | © 2001 by the Society of Critical Care Medicine and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
DOI: | 10.1097/00003246-200109000-00015 |
Published version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1097/00003246-200109000-00015 |
Appears in Collections: | Aurora harvest Medicine publications |
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