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

Intensive and Critical Care Nursing

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 5-15

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

^a ROYAL PERTH HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteral tube; Feeding; Intensive care

Indexed keywords

DRUG; PROKINETIC AGENT;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; AUSCULTATION; CAPNOGRAPHY; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPUTER SYSTEM; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DECOMPRESSION; DIARRHEA; ELECTROLYTE BALANCE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED MEDICINE; FLUID BALANCE; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LUNG ASPIRATION; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NURSE; NURSING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PNEUMONIA; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; SEPSIS; STOMACH EMPTYING; STOMACH VOLUME; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; VOMITING;

ADULT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT CONTAMINATION; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; NURSING ASSESSMENT;

EID: 12744278423     PISSN: 09643397     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2004.08.003     Document Type: Article

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