Observation of inadvertent tube loss in ICU: effect of nasal bridles

Background: safe placement and securement of feeding tubes are essential to establishing early enteral nutrition. Nasogastric or nasojejunal feeding tubes are often inadvertently removed, and using a nasal bridle can reduce the number of tube replacements required. Aim: to review current nasal bridle practices on one intensive care unit. Over a 3-month period, nasal bridle use was recorded to measure unintentional tube loss and tube duration (the time a tube remained in situ). Method: an observational service evaluation. Findings: 109 patients were recruited; 205 tubes were passed and 77 bridles were inserted, with 42% (n=46) of the bridles placed on day 1. Tubes secured with tape were more likely to be dislodged than tubes secured with a bridle, P=0.0001. Duration of tubes remaining in situ was significantly longer in patients who had a bridle fitted on day 1, P=0.0001 compared with tubes secured with tape. Conclusion: securing a tube with a nasal bridle from day 1 is independently associated with reduced tube loss, increased duration of tube use, and likelihood that the tube would reach redundancy when it was no longer required.

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Use of a Nutrition Support Protocol to Increase Enteral Nutrition Delivery in Critically Ill Patients

American Journal of Critical Care ◽

10.4037/ajcc2014140 ◽

2014 ◽

Vol 23 (5) ◽

pp. 396-403 ◽

Cited By ~ 16

Author(s):

Friederike Compton ◽

Christian Bojarski ◽

Britta Siegmund ◽

Markus van der Giet

Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Mechanical Ventilation ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Enteral Nutrition ◽

Invasive Mechanical Ventilation ◽

Nutrition Support ◽

Early Enteral Nutrition ◽

Feeding Tubes ◽

Enteral Nutrition Support ◽

The Impact

BackgroundEarly enteral nutrition is recommended for patients in intensive care units, but nutrition provision is often hindered by a variety of unit-specific problems.ObjectivesTo evaluate the impact of a nutrition support protocol on nutrition prescription and delivery in the intensive care unit.MethodsNutrition-related data from 73 patients receiving mechanical ventilation who were treated in an adult medical intensive care unit before introduction of an enteral nutrition support protocol were retrospectively compared with data for 87 patients admitted after implementation of the protocol.ResultsAfter implementation of the protocol, enteral nutrition was started significantly earlier (P = .007) and enteral feeding goals were reached significantly faster (6 vs 10 days, P < .001) than before. Prescription of enteral nutrition on the first day of invasive mechanical ventilation increased from 38% before to 54% after (P = .03) implementation of the protocol. Prescribed and delivered nutrition doses on the first 2 days of mechanical ventilation also increased significantly (P < .001) after the protocol was implemented. Nasojejunal feeding tubes were used in 52% of patients before and 56% of patients after protocol implementation P = .63). Jejunal tubes were placed earlier after the protocol was implemented than before (median 5 vs 6.5 days), and when a jejunal tube was in place, feeding goals were reached faster (median 2 vs 3 days, P = .002).ConclusionImplementing an enteral nutrition support protocol shortened the time to reach feeding goals. Jejunal feeding tubes were necessary in more than half of the patients, and with a jejunal feeding tube in place, feeding goals were reached rapidly.

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Early Enteral Nutrition in Geriatric Burn Patients: Is There a Benefit?

Journal of Burn Care & Research ◽

10.1093/jbcr/iraa109 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 41 (5) ◽

pp. 986-991

Author(s):

Lourdes Castanon ◽

Samer Asmar ◽

Letitia Bible ◽

Mohamad Chehab ◽

Michael Ditillo ◽

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Keyword(s):

Intensive Care Unit ◽

Intensive Care ◽

Length Of Stay ◽

Enteral Nutrition ◽

Early Enteral Nutrition ◽

Burn Patients ◽

Improvement Program ◽

Burn Care ◽

The Impact ◽

Complications And Mortality

Abstract Nutrition is a critical component of acute burn care and wound healing. There is no consensus over the appropriate timing of initiating enteral nutrition in geriatric burn patients. This study aimed to assess the impact of early enteral nutrition on outcomes in this patient population. We performed a 1-year (2017) analysis of the American College of Surgeons Trauma Quality Improvement Program and included all older adult (age ≥65 years) isolated thermal burn patients who were admitted for more than 24 hr and received enteral nutrition. Patients were stratified into two groups based on the timing of initiation of feeding: early (≤24 hr) vs late (>24 hr). Multivariate logistic regression was performed to control for potential confounding factors. Outcome measures were hospital and intensive care unit lengths of stay, in-hospital complications, and mortality. A total of 1,004,440 trauma patients were analyzed, of which 324 patients were included (early: 90 vs late: 234). The mean age was 73.9 years and mean TBSA burnt was 31%. Patients in the early enteral nutrition group had significantly lower rates of in-hospital complications and mortality (15.6% vs 26.1%; P = 0.044), and a shorter hospital length of stay (17 [11,23] days vs 20 [14,24] days; P = 0.042) and intensive care unit length of stay (13 [8,15] days vs 17 [9,21] days; P = 0.042). In our regression model of geriatric burn patients, early enteral nutrition was associated with improved outcomes. The cumulative benefits observed may warrant incorporating early enteral nutrition as part of intensive care protocols.

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