Evaluation of gastrointestinal and diaphragmatic function in critically ill patients by ultrasonography
WU Sheng
ZHOU Hua
XU Yuan
Abstract：Ultrasound is one kind of safe and easy-to-perform,non-invasive testing,which is widely used in the field of intensive care medicine.Bedside ultrasound plays an important role in evaluation of gastrointestinal function and diaphragmatic function.Measurement of proximal stomach size and modified single transverse section of gastric antrum with ultrasonography can evaluate gastric emptying function and guide the implementation of EN therapy.Measurement of diaphragm thickness and movement extent can early detect the diaphragm dysfunction and predict the removal of respirator.
Keywords：gastric motilitydiaphragm functionbedside ultrasound testingmodified single transverse section of gastric antrum measurement with ultrasonography
Publication Date：2017-01-01
Online Publishing Date：2025-08-15(First online date of this platform, not the publication date of the document)
Pages：4( 705-708 )