Intravenous erythromycin facilitates bedside placement of postpyloric feeding tubes in critically ill adults: A double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled study*

OBJECTIVE To evaluate the efficacy of intravenous erythromycin as a method to facilitate feeding tube placement into the small intestine in critically ill patients. DESIGN Double blind, randomized, controlled trial. SETTING Medical and surgical intensive care units in an academic medical center. PATIENTS Prospective cohort of 36 consecutive adults requiring intensive care unit care and enteral tube feeding for nutritional support. INTERVENTION...