Methods to test feeding tube placement in children

MCN The American Journal of Maternal/Child Nursing

Volumn 29, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 282-291

  Westhus, Nina ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Feeding tube placement; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

DIAGNOSTIC TEST; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; MEDICAL EXAMINATION; NOSE FEEDING; NURSE; PH; RADIODIAGNOSIS; REVIEW; SMALL INTESTINE; STOMACH PH;

EID: 4644291414     PISSN: 0361929X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00005721-200409000-00004     Document Type: Review

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