Development of a reliable and valid bedside test for bilirubin and its utility for improving prediction of feeding tube location

Nursing Research

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 302-309

  Metheny, Norma A ^a   Smith, Lisa ^a   Stewart, Barbara J ^b  

^a S Louis Univ School of Medicine   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PORTLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition ae (adverse effects); Gastric juice ch (chemistry); Gastrointestinal nu (nursing); Hydrogen ion concentration; Intestinal juice ch (chemistry); Intubation; Reagent strips

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ALGORITHM; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLINICAL TRIAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; PH; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; STOMACH JUICE; TEST STRIP;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; BILIRUBIN; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTRIC JUICE; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; NURSING RESEARCH; POINT-OF-CARE SYSTEMS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT STRIPS;

EID: 0034324679     PISSN: 00296562     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006199-200011000-00002     Document Type: Article

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