Securing nasogastric tubes in non-cooperative patients

Acta Oto-Rhino-Laryngologica Belgica

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 195-197

  Della Faille, D ^a,c   Schmelzer, B ^a   Hartoko, T ^a   Vandenbroucke, M ^a   Brands, Ch ^a   De Deyn, P P ^b  

^a MIDDELHEIM HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Nasogastric tube (NGT); Non cooperative patients

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0029680873     PISSN: 00016497     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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