Thoracic complications of nasogastric tube: Review of safe practice

Interactive Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery

Volumn 4, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 429-433

  Pillai, Jain Bhaskara ^a,b   Vegas, Annette ^a   Brister, Stephanie ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HEALTH NETWORK   (Canada)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enteral feeding; Fine bore feeding tube; Nasogastric tube

Indexed keywords

ATELECTASIS; BRONCHUS PERFORATION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; EMPYEMA; HUMAN; HYDROTHORAX; ISOCALOTHORAX; LUNG ABSCESS; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PLEURA CAVITY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SAFETY; SEPSIS; THORAX DISEASE;

EID: 30744439801     PISSN: 15699293     EISSN: 15699293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1510/icvts.2005.109488     Document Type: Review

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