Studying the effect of abdominal massage on the gastric residual volume in patients hospitalized in intensive care units

Abstract Background The main problem of hospitalized patients in intensive care units is feeding, and if the patient does not receive the daily caloric intake required to his body, he will have malnutrition and problems related to it. Abdominal massage is a method used to improve digestive function...

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Main Authors: Farzad Momenfar, Alireza Abdi, Nader Salari, Ali Soroush, Behzad Hemmatpour
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-08-01
Series:Journal of Intensive Care
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40560-018-0317-5