Technology to inform the delivery of enteral nutrition in the intensive care unit.

This commentary refers to the article "Continuous Assessment of Gastric Motility and Its Relation to Gastric Emptying in Adult Critically Ill Patients," by N. Goelen, P. Janssen, J. Tack and colleagues, that was published within the issue. Topics discussed include monitoring of organ function in the intensive care unit (ICU), the development of a novel double-lumen catheter, and relationship between motility index and rate of gastric emptying.