Use of polyvinyl feeding tubes and iatrogenic pharyngo-oesophageal perforation in very-low-birthweight infants

Acta Paediatrica, International Journal of Paediatrics

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 1825-1828

  Filippi, Luca ^a   Pezzati, Marco ^a   Poggi, Chiara ^a  

^a CAREGGI UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

Feeding tube; Newborn; Pharyngo oesophageal perforation; Preterm

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIURETIC AGENT; METHYLPREDNISOLONE; RANITIDINE; VANCOMYCIN;

BRADYCARDIA; CASE REPORT; CATHETER; CONSERVATIVE TREATMENT; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; EXTUBATION; FATALITY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; HYPERGLYCEMIA; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; LARYNX EDEMA; LUNG DYSPLASIA; MALE; MEDIASTINITIS; METABOLIC ACIDOSIS; PNEUMOTHORAX; POLYVINYL FEEDING TUBE; POSITIVE END EXPIRATORY PRESSURE; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RADIODIAGNOSIS; RESPIRATORY DISTRESS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETINOPATHY; REVIEW; SEPSIS; SILASTIC TUBE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; THORAX DRAINAGE; VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; FATAL OUTCOME; FEMALE; HUMANS; IATROGENIC DISEASE; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, VERY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INTUBATION, INTRATRACHEAL; MALE; PHARYNX; POLYVINYLS;

EID: 31544472648     PISSN: 08035253     EISSN: 15023869     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08035250500274942     Document Type: Review

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