Feasibility, tolerance and effectiveness of enteral feeding in critically ill patients in prone position.

Raymond Dominic SavioRajalakshmi ParasuramanDaphnee LoveslyBhuvaneshwari ShankarLakshmi RanganathanNagarajan RamakrishnanRamesh Venkataraman

Published in: Journal of the Intensive Care Society (2020)

In critically ill patients receiving invasive mechanical ventilation in the prone position, enteral nutrition with nasogastric/orogastric feeding is feasible and well tolerated. Nutritional delivery of calories and proteins in prone position is comparable to that in supine position.

Keyphrases

mechanical ventilation
acute respiratory distress syndrome
intensive care unit
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
physical activity
respiratory failure