• Intensive care medicine · Dec 2002

    Clinical Trial

    Progression rate of self-propelled feeding tubes in critically ill patients.

    • Mette M Berger, Marc D Bollmann, Jean-Pierre Revelly, M-Christine Cayeux, Nathalie Pilon, David Bracco, and René L Chioléro.
    • Soins Intensifs de Chirurgie et Centre des Brûlés, CHUV-BH08.660, 1011 Lausanne, Switzerland. Mette.Berger@chuv.hospvd.ch
    • Intensive Care Med. 2002 Dec 1; 28 (12): 1768-74.

    ObjectiveGaining postpyloric access in ventilated, sedated ICU patients usually requires time-consuming procedures such as endoscopy. Recently, a feeding tube has been introduced that migrates spontaneously into the jejunum in surgical patients. The study aimed at assessing the rate of migration of this tube in critically ill patients.DesignProspective descriptive trial.SettingSurgical ICU in a tertiary University Hospital.PatientsOne hundred and five consecutive surgical ICU patients requiring enteral feeding were enrolled, resulting in 128 feeding-tube placement attempts.MethodsA self-propelled tube was used and followed up for 3 days: progression was assessed by daily contrast-injected X-ray. Severity of illness was assessed with SAPS II and organ failure assessed with SOFA score.ResultsThe patients were aged 55+/-19 years (mean+/-SD) with SAPS II score of 45+/-18. Of the 128 tube placement attempts, 12 could not be placed in the stomach; eight were accidentally pulled out while in gastric position due to the necessity to avoid fixation during the progression phase. Among organ failures, respiratory failure predominated, followed by cardiovascular. By day 3, the postpyloric progression rate was 63/128 tubes (49%). There was no association between migration and age, or SAPS II score, but the progression rate was significantly poorer in patients with hemodynamic failure. Use of norepinephrine and morphine were negatively associated with tube progression (P<0.001), while abdominal surgery was not. In ten patients, jejunal tubes were placed by endoscopy.ConclusionSelf-propelled feeding tubes progressed from the stomach to the postpyloric position in 49% of patients, reducing the number of endoscopic placements: these tubes may facilitate enteral nutrient delivery in the ICU.

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