Features
- Benefits of reduced gastric pressure:
- Reduces risk of pulmonary aspiration
- Relieves pressure on recent gastric surgeries, e.g. fundoplication
- Facilitates enteral feeding tolerance and helps patients reach caloric goals
- Improves patient comfort and reduces pain
- Prevents spill that could cause the skin to be irritated from exposure to gastric fluids, and the loss of gastric contents, including electrolytes, gastric fluid and medications
- Eliminates need for open system syringe venting
