Securing the nasogastric tube in head and neck cancer patients

Laryngoscope

Volumn 116, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2089-2091

  Leong, Samuel Chee ^a,b   Mahanta, Vibhuti ^a  

^a DERBYSHIRE ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; CATHETER; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTUBATION; HEAD AND NECK CANCER; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE FEEDING; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SUCTION;

CATHETERIZATION; HEAD AND NECK NEOPLASMS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; SUCTION; SURGICAL TAPE;

EID: 33750686685     PISSN: 0023852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.mlg.0000237840.00454.c4     Document Type: Article

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