The purpose of this study is to determine the benefit of feeding critically-ill patients beyond the stomach (post-pyloric). Furthermore, because of the advent of two new post-pyloric feeding tubes (Tiger 2 and Syncro BlueTube) designed to improve post-pyloric placement, the investigators will be evaluating the benefits of those two tubes as well.
Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Enrollment
21
To determine the benefits of utilizing one type of transpyloric tube over another.
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
To determine whether transpyloric feeds are superior to transgastric feeds with regard to ability to give calories and meet nutritional goals.
To determine the time to goal calories. To determine the number and qualitative aspect of tracheal aspirations. To determine the time to initiate tube feeds once the decision has been made to place a tube, the number of x-rays required for placement, the time required for placement, the number of times tube needs to be replaced.
Time frame: one year
To determine the benefits of utilizing one type of transpyloric tube over another. One placed in the transpyloric position magnetically; the other propelled by peristalsis itself.
Benefits include shorter time to appropriate placement and quicker time to goal tube feed rate.
Time frame: one year
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