Jejunal feeding in the absence of reflux increases nasogastric output in critically ill trauma patients

American Surgeon

Volumn 62, Issue 11, 1996, Pages 887-888

  Chendrasekhar, Akella ^a,b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b IOWA METHODIST MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INJURY; JEJUNUM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; STOMACH SECRETION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CRITICAL CARE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMANS; JEJUNUM; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 0029957580     PISSN: 00031348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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