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In ICU patients receiving nasogastric tube feeding, high gastric aspirate volume was frequent, occurred early, and was more frequent in patients with sedation or catecholamines. High gastric aspirate volume was an early marker of upper digestive intolerance, which was associated with a higher incidence of nosocomial pneumonia, a longer ICU stay, and a higher ICU mortality.
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