Optimal method of postpyloric tube placement still unclear

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 315-316

  Hallstrom, Craig K ^a   Jacobs, Brian R ^a  

^a CINCINNATI CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Erythromycin; Nasoduodenal feeding; Nasojejunal feeding; Nutritional support; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GLUCAGON; METOCLOPRAMIDE; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MECHANISM; EDITORIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; INTESTINE BRUSH BORDER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYLORUS; RISK FACTOR; SAFETY; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PH; STOMACH TUBE; TECHNIQUE;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; ERYTHROMYCIN; GASTROINTESTINAL AGENTS; HUMANS; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 0037251640     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00003246-200301000-00055     Document Type: Editorial

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