Nasogastric tube feeding is a cause of aspiration pneumonia in ventilated patients [4]

European Respiratory Journal

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 436-437

  Teramoto, S ^a   Ishii, T ^b   Yamamoto, H ^a   Yamaguchi, Y ^a   Ouchi, Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^b YOKOHAMA CITY UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRADYKININ; DIPEPTIDYL CARBOXYPEPTIDASE INHIBITOR; SUBSTANCE P;

ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; HEAD INJURY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; LETTER; MORTALITY; MOUTH HYGIENE; NOSE FEEDING; PATHOPHYSIOLOGY; PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROVOCATION TEST; RISK REDUCTION; STROKE; SWALLOWING; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ADULT; APACHE; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CRANIOCEREBRAL TRAUMA; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GASTROSTOMY; GLASGOW COMA SCALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INJURY SEVERITY SCORE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; PROGNOSIS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 31844434814     PISSN: 09031936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1183/09031936.06.00113405     Document Type: Letter

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