This prospective observational study aims to assess whether ultrasound assessment of gastric content may be useful for the monitoring of the gastric residual content in critically ill patients
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change in antral cross sectional area measured by ultrasonography after suctioning gastric volume
Timeframe: prior to and immediately after suctioning of gastric content volume through a gastric tube
Change in antral area after administration of prokinetic drug
Timeframe: Ultrasound assessment of gastric content after reinjection of suctioned gastric content and 1h30 later (1 h after the end of the infusion of prokinetic drug)