A death resulting from inadvertent intravenous infusion of enteral feed

International Journal of Legal Medicine

Volumn 116, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 36-38

  Takeshita, H ^a   Yasuda, T ^a   Nakajima, T ^a   Mori, S ^a   Mogi, K ^a   Ohkawara, H ^b   Nara, M ^b   Kishi, K ^a  

^a GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b Gunma Pref Police Headquarters   (Japan)

Author keywords

Dextrin; Enteral feed; Gas chromatography; Gel filtration; Medical malpractice

Indexed keywords

DEXTRIN;

AGED; ARTICLE; AUTOPSY; BLOOD LEVEL; BRAIN HEMORRHAGE; CASE REPORT; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL FILTRATION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INTRAVENOUS FEEDING; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AGED; AUTOPSY; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GEL; DEXTRINS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; FLAME IONIZATION; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; MEDICAL ERRORS;

EID: 0036940664     PISSN: 09379827     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s004140000186     Document Type: Article

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