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Observational studyThe Journal of international medical research2019

The learning curve in blind bedside postpyloric placement of spiral tubes: data from a multicentre, prospective observational study.

Cheng Sun, Bo Lv, Wei Zheng, Linhui Hu, Xin Ouyang, Bei Hu, Yanlin Zhang, Hao Wang, Heng Ye, Xiunong Zhang and 3 more

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Observational study in The Journal of international medical research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

  1. Is metoclopramide beneficial for the postpyloric placement of nasoenteric tubes? A systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.Nutrition in clinical practice : official publication of the American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition · 2022
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  3. Application of a downward tract adherence method in the manual bedside placement of post-pyloric tubes in the intensive care unit.Technology and health care : official journal of the European Society for Engineering and Medicine · 2024
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

Cheng Sun1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Bo Lv1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Wei Zheng3 Department of Emergency, Longgang District Central Hospital, Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China.
Linhui Hu4 Department of Critical Care Medicine, The People's Hospital of Gaozhou, Gaozhou, Guangdong Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1649-6624
Xin Ouyang2 Department of Intensive Care Unit of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Bei Hu1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Yanlin Zhang6 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xinjiang Kashgar Region's First People's Hospital, Kashgar Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
Hao Wang6 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Xinjiang Kashgar Region's First People's Hospital, Kashgar Region, Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, China.
Heng Ye7 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangzhou Nansha Central Hospital, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Xiunong Zhang1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Huilan Lan1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Lifang Chen1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.
Chunbo Chen1 Department of Critical Care Medicine, Guangdong Provincial People's Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5662-497X

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveThis study sought to quantify the learning curve for the blind bedside postpyloric placement of a spiral tube in critically ill patients.

methodsWe retrospectively analysed 127 consecutive experiences of three intensivists who performed comparable procedures of blind bedside postpyloric placement of a spiral tube subsequent to failed self-propelled transpyloric migration in a multicentre study. Each intensivist's cases were divided chronologically into two groups for analysis. The assessment of the learning curve was based on efficiency and safety outcomes.

resultsAll intensivists achieved postpyloric placement for over 80% of their patients. The junior intensivist showed major improvement in both efficiency and safety outcomes, and the learning curve for both outcomes was approximately 20 cases. The junior intensivist showed a significant increase in the success rate of proximal jejunum placement and demonstrated a substantial decrease in the major adverse tube-associated events rate. The time to insertion significantly decreased in each intensivist as case experience accumulated.

conclusionsBlind bedside postpyloric placement of a spiral tube involves a significant learning curve, indicating that this technique could be readily acquired by intensivists with no previous experience using an adequate professional training programme.

Indexed as

Intubation, GastrointestinalLearning CurveAgedFemaleHumansIntensive Care UnitsJejunumMaleMiddle AgedProspective Studiesblind bedsidecritically illintensivistLearning curvepostpyloric placementspiral nasojejunal tube

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PMID30747017
PMCPMC6567746

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