Upper lip pressure ulcers in very low birth weight infants due to fixation of the endotracheal tube

Journal of Neonatal Nursing

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 207-210

  Fujioka, Masaki ^a   Oka, Kiyoshi ^a   Kitamura, Riko ^a   Yakabe, Aya ^a  

^a NATIONAL HOSPITAL ORGANIZATION NAGASAKI MEDICAL CENTER   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endotracheal tube; Five very low birth weight infants; Pressure ulcers; Upper lip

Indexed keywords

EID: 55949121836     PISSN: 13551841     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jnn.2008.07.010     Document Type: Article

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