Inadvertent insertion of nasogastric tube into the brain

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 52, Issue APR, 2004, Pages 322-323

  Pandey, A K ^a   Sharma, A K ^a   Diyora, B D ^a   Sayal, P P ^a   Ingale, H A ^a   Radhakrishnan, M ^a  

^a LOKMANYA TILAK MUNICIPAL MEDICAL COLLEGE AND GENERAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN INJURY; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; EPIDURAL HEMATOMA; ETHMOID BONE; ETHMOID SINUS; FATALITY; FOREIGN BODY; HEAD INJURY; HUMAN; INJURY; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE;

ADULT; BRAIN INJURIES; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; ETHMOID BONE; ETHMOID SINUS; FATAL OUTCOME; FOREIGN BODIES; HEMATOMA, EPIDURAL, CRANIAL; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; SUBARACHNOID HEMORRHAGE; TOMOGRAPHY, X-RAY COMPUTED;

EID: 13744263652     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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