Complications related to feeding tube placement

Current Opinion in Gastroenterology

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 178-182

  Metheny, Norma A ^a   Meert, Kathleen L ^b   Clouse, Ray E ^c  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF NURSING   (United States)

^b CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^c WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Complications; Gastrointestinal; Intubation; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

APNEA; ASPIRATION; BREATHING DISORDER; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGUS PERFORATION; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE OBSTRUCTION; PATIENT POSITIONING; PATIENT SAFETY; PNEUMONIA; PNEUMOTHORAX; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; REVIEW; RISK MANAGEMENT; SINUSITIS; STOMACH MOTILITY; STOMACH PERFORATION; STOMACH TUBE; THERAPEUTIC ERROR; TUBE FEEDING;

ENTERAL NUTRITION; EPISTAXIS; ESOPHAGEAL PERFORATION; HUMANS; NASAL OBSTRUCTION; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; SINUSITIS; STOMACH;

EID: 33846674119     PISSN: 02671379     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MOG.0b013e3280287a0f     Document Type: Review

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