Simple bedside placement of nasal-enteral feeding tubes: A case series

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 165-168

  Nicholas, Christopher D ^a   Zgoda, Michael A ^a   Kearney, Paul A ^a   Boulanger, Bernard R ^a   Ochoa, Juan B ^a   Tsuei, Betty J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

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EID: 0009784243     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088453360101600307     Document Type: Article

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