Use of tube feeding to prevent aspiration pneumonia

Lancet

Volumn 348, Issue 9039, 1996, Pages 1421-1424

  Finucane, Thomas E ^a,b   Bynum, Julie P W ^a  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b JOHNS HOPKINS BAYVIEW MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DYSPHAGIA; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK FACTOR; SHORT SURVEY; STROKE; TREATMENT OUTCOME; TUBE FEEDING;

EID: 0030599537     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(96)03369-7     Document Type: Review

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