Litmus tests for verification of feeding tube location in infants: Evaluation of their clinical use

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 486-495

  Nyqvist, Kerstin Hedberg ^a   Sorell, Annette ^b   Ewald, Uwe ^a,b  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Feeding tube; Infant; Litmus test; Neonatal care; Parents; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL FEATURE; CLINICAL RESEARCH; FEEDING APPARATUS; GESTATIONAL AGE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MENSTRUATION; NEWBORN CARE; NURSE; PERINATAL PERIOD; RADIOGRAPHY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; STOMACH PH;

AGE FACTORS; AUSCULTATION; CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EVIDENCE-BASED MEDICINE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; GESTATIONAL AGE; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INFANT; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; NEONATAL NURSING; NURSING ASSESSMENT; NURSING EVALUATION RESEARCH; PARENTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; REAGENT STRIPS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SUCTION;

EID: 17144368837     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2004.01074.x     Document Type: Article

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