Prevention of aspiration pneumonia in the enterally fed critically ill ventilated patients: Keeping the head up takes a village!

Practical Gastroenterology

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 63-74

  Burns, Suzanne M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA   (United States)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; BODY POSITION; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTUBATION; HEALTH CARE DELIVERY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; NURSING CARE; PATIENT CARE; PATIENT POSITIONING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; RISK REDUCTION; VENTILATED PATIENT; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

EID: 34247647060     PISSN: 02774208     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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