Report on the development of a procedure to prevent placement of feeding tubes into the lungs using end-tidal CO2 measurements

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 936-939

  Burns, S M ^a   Carpenter, R ^a   Truwit, J D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA HEALTH SYSTEM   (United States)

Author keywords

Capnography; Enteral nutrition; Enteral tube insertion; Gastrointestinal feedings; Intubation

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE;

ACCURACY; ARTICLE; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; END TIDAL CARBON DIOXIDE TENSION; FEEDING APPARATUS; GAS FLOW; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH SUCTION; TRACHEOSTOMY; WAVEFORM;

EID: 0035004191     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200105000-00004     Document Type: Article

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6. Effectiveness of pH measurements in predicting feeding tube placement: An update
7. pH and concentrations of pepsin and trypsin in feeding tube aspirates as predictors of tube placement
8. pH and concentration of bilirubin in feeding tube aspirates as predictors of tube placement