A review of the nursing care of enteral feeding tubes in critically ill adults: Part I

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2004, Pages 330-343

  Williams, Teresa A ^a   Leslie, Gavin D ^a  

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteral tube; Feeding; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

CISAPRIDE; ERYTHROMYCIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE; MOTILIN; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FOOD CONTAMINATION; GASTROINTESTINAL ABSORPTION; GASTROINTESTINAL MOTILITY; HUMAN; MATERIALS HANDLING; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDICAL RESEARCH; META ANALYSIS; MOUTH HYGIENE; NURSING; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PERISTALSIS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RECUMBENCY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; REVIEW; RISK REDUCTION; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH VOLUME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 10244229080     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2004.08.002     Document Type: Article

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