Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 258-267 , October 2009

To return or to discard? Randomised trial on gastric residual volume management

  • Maria-Eulàlia Juvé-Udina

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Catalan Institute of Health, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 587, Barcelona 08007, Spain
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +34 675786360; fax: +34 934824205.
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  • Consol Valls-Miró

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, ICU 2-1, Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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  • Avelina Carreño-Granero

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, ICU 2-1, Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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  • Gemma Martinez-Estalella

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, ICU 2-1, Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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  • David Monterde-Prat

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Catalan Institute of Health, Gran Via de les Corts Catalanes, 587, Barcelona 08007, Spain
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  • Carmen-Maria Domingo-Felici

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, ICU 2-1, Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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  • Joan Llusa-Finestres

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, ICU 2-1, Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain
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  • Gemma Asensio-Malo

      Affiliations

    • IDIBELL, Bellvitge University Hospital, ICU 2-1, Feixa Llarga s/n, 08907 Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain

,Accepted 15 June 2009.

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doi: 10.1016/j.iccn.2009.06.004

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing
Volume 25, Issue 5 , Pages 258-267 , October 2009

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