Background: We describe experience using the Cortrak nasointestinal feeding tube and prokinetics in critically ill patients with delayed gastric emptying. Methods: Patient cohorts fed via a Cortrak electromagnetically guided nasointestinal tube (EGNT) or 14 French-gauge nasogastric tube plus prokinetics were retrospectively compared. Results: Of 69 EGNT placements in 62 patients, 87% reached the small intestine. The median percentage of the enteral nutrition goal increased from 19% pre-EGNT to 80%–100% between days 1 and 10 post-insertion and was greater than in 58 patients prescribed metoclopramide (40%–87%: days 1–2, 5–7, P ≤ .018) or 38 patients prescribed erythromycin (48%–98%; days 1 and 5, P < .0084). Up to day 10, the cumulative feeding days lost were lower for EGNT (1.06) than for metoclopramide (2.6, P < .02) or erythromycin (3.1, P < .02). The EGNT group had a lower use of prokinetics and lower treatment cost. Conclusion: Most bedside EGNT placements succeed and, compared to nasogastric feeding plus prokinetics, increase enteral nutrition delivery and reduce both cumulative feeding days lost and prokinetic use.
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