Administration of Medications Through Enteral Feeding Catheters

American Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 6, Issue 5, 1997, Pages 382-392

  Belknap, Dorothy C ^a,c   Seifert, Charles F ^b,c   Petermann, Mary ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA   (United States)

^b RAPID CITY REGIONAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c INNOVISION COMMUNICATIONS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRUG;

ARTICLE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EQUIPMENT; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; NURSE; NURSING; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZATION;

CATHETERS, INDWELLING; CRITICAL CARE; DATA COLLECTION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; HUMANS; NURSES; PHARMACEUTICAL PREPARATIONS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0031229882     PISSN: 10623264     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4037/ajcc1997.6.5.382     Document Type: Article

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