Enteral access for nutrition in the intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Clinical Nutrition and Metabolic Care

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 155-159

  Haslam, Derrick ^a   Fang, John ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Feeding tube placement; Nutrition in the intensive care unit (ICU)

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; METOCLOPRAMIDE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; ASPIRATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; ELECTROCARDIOGRAM; ELECTROMYOGRAM; ENDOSCOPE; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FLUOROSCOPY; GASTROESOPHAGEAL REFLUX; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; JEJUNUM; MAGNETIC FIELD; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NAUSEA; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; QRS COMPLEX; REVIEW; SEDATION; STOMACH PARESIS; VOMITING;

CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL;

EID: 33746268192     PISSN: 13631950     EISSN: 15353885     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mco.0000214575.76848.b7     Document Type: Review

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