Fatal hydrothorax due to misplacement of a nasoenteric feeding tube

Journal of International Medical Research

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 437-440

  Yavascaoglu B ^a   Acar, H V ^a,b   Iscimen R ^a   Gurbet, A ^a   Uysal, H ^a   Kutlay, O ^a  

^a ULUDAG UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b GATA HAYDARPASA TRAINING HOSPITAL   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrothorax; Nasoenteral feeding tube; Pneumothorax

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CARDIOPULMONARY ARREST; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC DISEASE; DEATH; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; FATALITY; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; INFUSION; MALE; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; PARKINSONISM; PLEURA CAVITY; RISK; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; ENTERIC FEEDING; EQUIPMENT; HEART ARREST; INSTRUMENTATION;

AGED; CASE REPORT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; FATAL OUTCOME; HEART ARREST; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; MALE;

EID: 0035154116     PISSN: 03000605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/147323000102900509     Document Type: Article

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