post-pyloric

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I've been a nurse for 4 years but am new to critical care. When I was orienting today, the nurse told me not to check residuals for a post-pyloric tube feed, which I know is true...my question is, how do I check to see if the patient is tolerating the feedings?

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Specializes in PICU, Sedation/Radiology, PACU.

If a patient isn't tolerating feeds, you'll probably notice nausea and/or vomiting, abdominal pain and/or gastric distention.

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Specializes in Thoracic Cardiovasc ICU Med-Surg.

If they're not barfing they are tolerating.:lol2::lol2:

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