Rate of Postpyloric Migration of Spiral Nasojejunal Tubes in Brain Injured Patients

The success rate of unguided nasojejunal feeding tube insertion will be determined in acute brain injured patients. Factors influencing tube self-progression will be evaluated.

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Key information

Conditions

Acute Brain Injury Brain Diseases Brain Injuries Central Nervous System Diseases Craniocerebral Trauma Nervous System Diseases Trauma, Nervous System Wounds and Injuries

Age range

18 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

ICU, Beijing Tiantan Hospital, Capital Medical University

Beijing, Beijing Municipality, 100050, China

About this study

Nutrition support is important in brain injured patients. Several studies have shown that small bowel feeding compared with gastric feeding may be associated with a reduction in pneumonia in critically ill patients. The Canadian Clinical Practice Guidelines recommended that small bowel feedings should be considered for patients at high risk for intolerance to enteral nutrition.

There are several methods to place postpyloric tube, but there is a high success rate with endoscopic or radiological assistance. However, they are time consuming procedures, which is of limited availability at bedside and requires trained staff.

Nasojejunal tube with spiral end (Flocare Bengmark NJ tube) has been used for bedside placement for 10 years. But only limited data are available for success rate, especially in brain injured patients. The aim of this study is to access the success rate and influencing factors of spiral end nasojejunal tube in such a population.

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

Acute brain injured patients admitted to Neuro-ICU

Exclusion criteria

Patients' stay in ICU shorter than 3 days
Patients with contraindication to naso-feeding tube placement

Treatment and study plan

placement of spiral nasojejunal tube

Procedure

spiral nasojejunal tube will be placed after enrollment of the patients

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Capital Medical University

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Registry information

Important dates

Study start: 2007
Primary completion: 2008
Study completion: 2008
First posted: Nov 21, 2007
Registry last updated: Oct 28, 2008

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