Sonography as an alternative to radiography for nasogastric feeding tube location

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 1570-1572

  Vigneau, Cécile ^a   Baudel, Jean Luc ^a   Guidet, Bertrand ^a,b   Offenstadt, Georges ^a,b   Maury, Eric ^a,b  

^a ASSISTANCE PUBLIQUE HÔPITAUX DE PARIS   (France)

^b INSERM   (France)

Author keywords

Enteral feeding; Nasogastric tube; Radiography; Sonography

Indexed keywords

ACCURACY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; DOUBLE BLIND PROCEDURE; ECHOGRAPHY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE FEEDING; RADIOGRAPHY;

DOUBLE-BLIND METHOD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 27744434520     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-005-2791-1     Document Type: Article

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