Baseline characteristics of participants
Depression, vomiting
Thirteen participants meeting the inclusion criteria were randomised. One participant was withdrawn after 60 min, during the first arm of the study, due to vomiting. Of the remaining twelve participants, two were excluded subsequently from the analysis due to non-compliance with study procedure (
T2-weighted (TE = 300) axial images of the stomach showing characteristics of intragastric contents for the two feeds (F + ALG and F-ALG) 90 min after the commencement of feeding in one of the participants. The green arrows indicate the gastric contents. The freely mobile water appears as a bright white halo around a darker intragastric feed region which has a gel-like appearance, with F + ALG (left-hand image). The greyer appearance of the homogenous feed can be seen with F-ALG with no freely mobile water visualised as a bright white signal (right-hand image). F + ALG, alginate-containing feed; F–ALG, alginate-free feed; TE, echo time.
Baseline characteristics of participants whose data were analysed (BDI, Beck’s Depression Inventory; EAT, Eating Attitudes Test.Gastric pH measured on insertion of the nasogastric tube was similar for the participants (