Institutional practices of withholding enteral feeding from intubated patients

Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 37, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 2299-2302

  Schneider, Jeffrey A ^a   Lee, Young J ^a   Grubb, William R ^a   Denny, John ^a   Hunter, Christine ^a  

^a ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

Anesthesia Guidelines; Critical care training programs; Enteral feeding; Intubated patients

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; ANESTHESIA; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; DIET RESTRICTION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EXTUBATION; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTENSIVE CARE; INTUBATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TRACHEOSTOMY; TRAINING; ABDOMEN; ANESTHESIOLOGY; BODY POSTURE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; EPIDEMIOLOGY; PREOPERATIVE CARE; UNITED STATES;

ABDOMEN; ANESTHESIOLOGY; CRITICAL CARE; DIAGNOSTIC IMAGING; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HEALTH CARE SURVEYS; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; PHYSICIAN'S PRACTICE PATTERNS; POSTURE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; TRACHEOSTOMY; UNITED STATES;

EID: 67649813527     PISSN: 00903493     EISSN: 15300293     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/CCM.0b013e3181a007eb     Document Type: Article

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