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. 2015 Aug 4;2015(8):CD008875. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008875.pub2
Type of study Relevant participants Relevant intervention Relevant outcome
RCT or quasi‐randomized trial
  • Age greater than 18

  • Receiving treatment in critical care sitting)

Transpyloric vs gastric tube feeding with catheters passed via nose or mouth
  • Pneumonia

  • Achievement of target nutritional requirement

  • ICU length of stay

  • Hospital length of stay

  • Duration of assisted mechanical ventilation

  • Mortality

  • Complications (vomiting, diarrhoea, high gastric residual, GI bleeding, need for tube replacement, tube occlusion)                              

  • Time to reach nutritional goal

Yes/No/Unclear Yes/No/Unclear Yes/No/Unclear Yes/No/Unclear