TY - JOUR JO - Anaesthesiology Intensive Therapy SN - 1642-5758 VL - 53 IS - 5 PY - 2021 ID - Stojek2021 TI - Gastroparesis in the intensive care unit AB - Gastroparesis is a common problem in the intensive care unit. Impaired gastric motility in critically ill patients is associated with an increased risk of enteral feeding intolerance, gastric bacterial colonization, pulmonary aspiration and progressive malnutrition leading to adverse outcomes. It is estimated that at least 60% of intensive care patients are affected by some form of gastrointestinal tract failure and that in 30% of critically ill patients in whom enteral feeding is attempted the feeding route needs to be modified because of feeding intolerance. The article highlights the physiology of normal gastric motor function and mechanisms of abnormal gastric motility as well as the current approach to detecting and treating feeding intolerance in intensive care. AU - Stojek, Magdalena AU - Jasiński, Tomasz SP - 450 EP - 455 DA - 2021 DO - 10.5114/ait.2021.110959 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.5114/ait.2021.110959 ER -