Evaluation of a technique for blind placement of post-pyloric feeding tubes in intensive care: Application in patients with gastric ileus

Intensive Care Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 553-556

  Lee, Andrew J ^a   Eve, Richard ^a   Bennett, Mark J ^a  

^a DERRIFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Critical care; Enteral, nutrition; Jejunum

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PYLORUS; STOMACH;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; ILEUS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; JEJUNUM; PYLORUS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; STOMACH DISEASES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE;

EID: 33645103719     PISSN: 03424642     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-006-0095-8     Document Type: Article

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