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| Author | Country | Subjects | Patients (n)
T/C | Age (yr)
T/C | M/F | Intervention groups
T/C | Method for judging feeding tube | Outcomes |
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| Griffith 2003 | USA | Surgical critically ill patients requiring enteral nutrition
Age: ≥18 years | 14/22 | 54.6/59.7 | 25/11 | Erythromycin 500 mg IV single dose versus saline placebo | An abdominal X-ray was obtained within 1 hr of the procedure | Successful postpyloric feeding tube insertion |
| Kalliafas 1996 | USA | Surgical critically ill patients requiring enteral nutrition
Age: ≥18 years | 31/26 | 54.7/57.3 | 30/27 | Erythromycin 200 mg IV single dose versus saline placebo | An abdominal X-ray was obtained within 30 min of the procedure | Successful postpyloric feeding tube insertion |
| Paz 1996 | USA | Critically ill patients requiring enteral nutrition
Age: 22–85 years | 21/16 | 58.9/68.4 | 36/27 | Erythromycin 200 mg IV single dose versus saline placebo | A chest radiograph was obtained 30 min after tube placement | (1) Successful postpyloric feeding tube insertion
(2) Number of attempts prior to successful tube placement |
| Van den 2011 | Netherlands | Acute pancreatitis patients requiring jejunal enteral nutrition (exclude ICU)
Age: 18–80 years | 22/18 | 49.0/52.0 | 17/23 | Erythromycin 250 mg IV four dose versus saline placebo | An abdominal X-ray was obtained at 24/48 hr of the procedure | Successful postpyloric feeding tube insertion |
| Zhao 2002 | China | Critically ill patients requiring enteral nutrition
Age: 26–85 years | 19/18 | 58.0/60.0 | 25/12 | Erythromycin 250 mg IV single dose versus saline placebo | An abdominal X-ray was obtained within 3 hr of the procedure | Successful postpyloric feeding tube insertion |
| Chen 2009 | China | Critically ill patients requiring enteral nutrition
Age: ≥18 years | 39/42 | 72.1/65.9 | 50/31 | Erythromycin 250 mg IV two dose versus saline placebo | An abdominal X-ray was obtained after 24 hr of the procedure | Successful postpyloric feeding tube insertion |
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