Food dye use in enteral feedings: a review and a call for a moratorium.

Pulmonary aspiration of gastric contents is common in enterally fed patients. Tinting enteral feedings with blue dye is thought to aid the early detection of aspiration in hospitalized patients. The blue-dye method is popular despite evidence that it is not sensitive.

Is there an association between athletic amenorrhea and endothelial cell dysfunction?

Purpose: To test the hypothesis that young females with athletic amenorrhea and oligomenorrhea show signs of early cardiovascular disease manifested by decreased endothelium-dependent dilation of the brachial artery.

Methods: Ten women with athletic amenorrhea (mean +/- SE, age 21.9 +/- 1.

Detection of aspiration in enterally fed patients: a requiem for bedside monitors of aspiration.

Background: Pulmonary aspiration of gastric and oropharyngeal contents is common in enterally fed patients. Detection of early aspiration in these patients has relied on clinical impression, the coloring of enteral feedings with dyes, and less commonly the detection of elevated glucose in tracheal aspirates. The potential benefits, risks, and clinical use of bedside monitors of aspiration are under increasing scrutiny.