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Adult nursing
Randomised controlled trial
Abdominal massage may decrease gastric residual volumes and abdominal circumference in critically ill patients
  1. Malissa Warren1,2
  1. 1Veterans Administration Portland Health Care System (VAPORHCS);
  2. 2Oregon Health Sciences University General Surgery Department
  1. Correspondence to: Malissa Warren, VAPORHCS, P5NFS, 3710 SW US Veterans Hospital Road, Portland, OR 97207-1034, USA; Malissa.Warren{at}va.gov

https://doi.org/10.1136/eb-2015-102093

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    Commentary on: Kahraman BB, Ozdemir L. The impact of abdominal massage administered to intubated and enterally fed patients on the development of ventilator-associated pneumonia: a randomized controlled study. Int J Nurs Stud 2015;52:519–24.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMed

    Implications for practice and research

    • Abdominal massage may decrease gastric residual volumes (GRVs) and abdominal circumference over time in a select medicine critical care unit population.

    • Research and standardisation for the practice of abdominal massage may provide clinicians additional tools for improving overall gastrointestinal (GI) function and feeding in the critically ill.

    Context

    Bowel dysfunction is common in the critically ill, affecting up to 50% of patients.1 Although early enteral feeding is a primary recommendation for mechanically ventilated critically ill patients it may also be considered a risk factor for aspiration …

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    Footnotes

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Provenance and peer review Commissioned; internally peer reviewed.