Nasogastric tube position and intragastric air collection in a neonatal intensive care population

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 9, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 293-298

  De Boer, Jacoba ^a,b   Smit, Bert J ^a,b  

^a SOPHIA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Feeding tubes; Infant; Intensive care; Neonatal; Newborn; Tube placement determination

Indexed keywords

AIR; ARTICLE; COHORT ANALYSIS; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; EQUIPMENT; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; NETHERLANDS; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN NURSING; NONPARAMETRIC TEST; RADIOGRAPHY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STATISTICS; STOMACH;

AIR; COHORT STUDIES; ENTERAL NUTRITION; EQUIPMENT FAILURE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; NEONATAL NURSING; NETHERLANDS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STATISTICS, NONPARAMETRIC; STOMACH;

EID: 75749137778     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e3181c1fc2f     Document Type: Article

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