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Although the gastric route of enteral feeding is easier to achieve and cheaper than post-pyloric nutrient administration, many clinicians worry that gastric feeding predisposes to aspiration and pneumonia.
Although the study by Heyland and colleagues [ 9 ] suggests that gastrically fed patients may have a higher incidence of aspiration than those receiving post-pyloric feeding, other investigators have not replicated these findings [ 10 ] . In addition, many critically ill, injured, and postoperative patients have gastroparesis, which may limit their ability to tolerate gastric feeding [ 11 12 ] . Indeed, Mentec and colleagues [ 13 ] demonstrated that 79% of gastrically fed patients in a mixed medical/surgical ICU exhibited some degree of upper digestive intolerance caused by impaired gastric emptying.
Thus, many prefer to feed critically ill patients via the post-pyloric route, believing that it reduces the incidence of pneumonia.
The results of this meta-analysis suggest that the incidence of pneumonia, caloric goal achieved, ICU LOS, and mortality are similar with gastric and post-pyloric tube feeding.
A computerized literature search of the National Library of Medicine's Medline database from 1966 to July 2002 was conducted using the following search terms: enteral nutrition (explode) AND jejunal or post-pyloric or gastric AND randomized controlled trials (publication type) or controlled clinical trials or clinical trials, randomized.