Endoscopic position control of nasoenteral feeding tubes by transnasal re-endoscopy: A prospective study in intensive care patients

American Journal of Gastroenterology

Volumn 104, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1271-1276

  Wiegand, Nico ^a   Bauerfeind, Peter ^a   Delco, Fabiola ^a   Fried, Michael ^a   Wildi, Stephan M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b Department of Internal Medicine   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST CONTROL; CRITICALLY ILL PATIENT; ENDOSCOPY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE COST; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; PREDICTIVE VALIDITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CRITICAL ILLNESS; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ECONOMICS; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FOLLOW UP; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPE; GASTROINTESTINAL ENDOSCOPY; INSTRUMENTATION; INTENSIVE CARE; METHODOLOGY; MONITORING; PREDICTION AND FORECASTING; PROBABILITY; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; COST SAVINGS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENDOSCOPES, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENDOSCOPY, GASTROINTESTINAL; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MONITORING, PHYSIOLOGIC; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; PROBABILITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL; RETREATMENT; RISK ASSESSMENT; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 66949138184     PISSN: 00029270     EISSN: 15720241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/ajg.2009.26     Document Type: Article

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