A 60-year-old man on ICU has been receiving enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube. High gastric residual volumes (500 mL) are recorded repeatedly....

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A 60-year-old man on ICU has been receiving enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube. High gastric residual volumes (>500 mL) are recorded repeatedly. He is receiving opioid analgesia. What is the most appropriate first-line prokinetic agent?

Accepted Answer

IV metoclopramide 10 mg TDS

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IV erythromycin 250 mg TDS

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IV ondansetron 4 mg TDS

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Oral domperidone 10 mg TDS

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IV neostigmine 2.5 mg

uk-fficm MCQ (SBA): Enteral Feed Intolerance

A 60-year-old man on ICU has been receiving enteral nutrition via a nasogastric tube. High gastric residual volumes (>500 mL) are recorded repeatedly. He is receiving opioid analgesia. What is the most appropriate first-line prokinetic agent?