Challenges of Gastric Versus Post-pyloric Feeding in COVID-19 Disease.

Published in: Current surgery reports (2022)

The same principle for non-COVID-19 critically ill patients applies to COVID-19 patients when it comes to the route of nutritional delivery. Gastric feeding should be initiated as soon as 24 h of admission to the ICU, and post gastric feeding should be reserved to patients who demonstrate gastric feeding intolerance.

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coronavirus disease
emergency department
intensive care unit