Radiographic detection of intrabronchial malpositions of nasogastric tubes and subsequent complications in intensive care unit patients

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 406-410

  Bankier, A A ^a   Wiesmayr, M N ^a   Henk, C ^a   Turetschek, K ^a   Winkelbauer, F ^a   Mallek, R ^a   Fleischmann, D ^a   Janata, K ^a   Herold, C J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Bedside; Chest radiography; Lung infection; Nasogastric tubes; Pneumothorax; Postprocedural chest radiography

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BRONCHUS; COMPLICATION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ERROR; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TREE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BRONCHI; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PLEURA; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0030964919     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s001340050348     Document Type: Article

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