Metoclopramide for preventing pneumonia in critically ill patients receiving enteral tube feeding: A randomized controlled trial

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2000, Pages 1408-1411

  Yavagal, Dileep R ^a   Karnad, Dilip R ^a   Oak, Jyotsna L ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Aspiration; Enteral alimentation; Gastric motility; Gastroesophageal reflux; Intensive care unit; Nasogastric tube; Nosocomial infection; Receiving mechanical ventilation; Tracheal intubation

Indexed keywords

METOCLOPRAMIDE; PLACEBO;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOTRACHEAL INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PNEUMONIA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0034036624     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200005000-00025     Document Type: Article

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