Enteral nutrition in patients receiving mechanical ventilation. Multiple sources of tracheal colonization include the stomach

The American Journal of Medicine

Volumn 80, Issue 5, 1986, Pages 827-832

  Pingleton, Susan K ^a   Hinthorn, Daniel R ^a   Liu, Chien ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM TRANSMISSION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIAGNOSIS; ENTERIC FEEDING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOUTH; OROPHARYNX; PHARYNX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; STOMACH; TRACHEA;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADULT; AGED; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGE; OROPHARYNX; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RESPIRATORY INSUFFICIENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STOMACH; SUPPORT, U.S. GOV'T, P.H.S.; TIME FACTORS; TRACHEA;

EID: 0022456204     PISSN: 00029343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0002-9343(86)90623-6     Document Type: Article

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