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Use of wireless motility capsule to determine gastric emptying and small intestinal transit times in critically ill trauma patients.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
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| Author | Rauch, Stefan Krueger, Kristine J. Turan, Alparslan You, Jing Lin Roewer, Norbert Sessler, Daniel I. |
| Copyright Year | 2012 |
| Abstract | PURPOSE The purpose of this study is to use a novel wireless motility capsule to compare gastric emptying and small bowel transit times in critically ill trauma patients and healthy volunteers. MATERIALS AND METHODS We evaluated gastric emptying, small bowel transit time, and total intestinal transit time in 8 critically ill trauma patients. These data were compared with those obtained in 87 healthy volunteers from a separate trial. Data were obtained with a motility capsule that wirelessly transmitted pH, pressure, and temperature to a recorder attached to each subject's abdomen. RESULTS The gastric emptying time was significantly longer in critically ill patients (median, 13.9; interquartile range [IQR], 6.6-48.3 hours) than in healthy volunteers (median, 3.0; IQR, 2.5-3.9 hours), P < .001. The small bowel transit time in critically ill patients was significantly longer than in healthy volunteers (median, 6.7 hours; IQR, 4.4-8.5 hours vs median, 3.8 hours; IQR, 3.1-4.7 hours), P = .01. Furthermore, the capsules passed after 10 (IQR, 8.5-13) days in the critical care group and 1.2 (IQR, 0.9-1.9) days in healthy volunteers (P < .001). CONCLUSIONS Both gastric emptying and small bowel transit were delayed in critically ill trauma patients. |
| Starting Page | 800 |
| Ending Page | 800 |
| Page Count | 1 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jcrc.2011.12.002 |
| PubMed reference number | 22300488 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 27 |
| Issue Number | 5 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://www.clevelandclinic.org/outcomesresearch/viewpdf.aspx?orArticleID=860 |
| Journal | Journal of critical care |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
