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gastric aspiration Critical care The flow of gastric content into the upper respiratory tract due to a ↓ antireflux reflex. See Aspiration pneumonia, Eight-hr rule, GERD. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Use of glucose testing of tracheal aspirates, (2,11) once proposed as a method for identification of gastric aspiration, is no longer recommended as a viable strategy. Our previous study was in a small number of patients and was not powered to study possible associations between acute rejection and evidence of gastric aspiration. If increased gastric residual was observed twice on repeat gastric aspirations, or vomiting occurred, feeding was discontinued for 6 hours. |
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