Bedside small bowel feeding tube placement in critically III patients utilizing a dietitian/nurse team approach

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 258-262

  Taylor, Beth ^a   Schallom, Lynn ^a  

^a BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

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EID: 33845266719     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/088453360101600410     Document Type: Article

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