Preliminary application value of ultrasound contrast agent with enteral nutritional suspension as mixed medium in locating indwelling nasointestinal tube in critically ill patients

• Published in: Zhong hua yi xue za zhi Vol. 99; no. 33; p. 2586
• Main Authors: Ye, R Z, Peng, C Z, Sun, R H, Liu, J Q, Yang, X H, Du, L P, Wu, W H
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: Chinese
• Published: China 03.09.2019
• Subjects: Critical care; Positioning; Enteral nutrition; Contrast agent; Ultrasonography
• ISSN: 0376-2491
• DOI: 10.3760/cma.j.issn.0376-2491.2019.33.006

To evaluate the value of ultrasound contrast agent with enteral nutrition suspension as mixed medium in locating indwelling nasointestinal tube in critically ill patients. Total of 45 critically ill patients had nasointestinal tube indwelled were collected from June 1,2018 to April 1,2019 in the Intensive Care Unit of Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital, including 30 males and 15 females, with an average age of (63±17) years.Enteral nutritional suspension Peptisorb Liquid was used as research medium,with the ultrasonic imaging performance of it confirmed by in vitro and in vivo experiments.The optimal mixing ratio of microbubble ultrasound contrast agent and Peptisorb Liquid was confirmed by in vitro experiment, then the mixture was quietly placed and its stability was dynamically observed. The nasointestinal tube was confirmed in the digestive tract by conventional ultrasound and then the ultrasound contrast mode turned on. Ultrasound contrast agent with Peptisorb Liquid as mixed medium was injected into t