The nasal bridle: A useful approach to prevent the dislodgement of feeding tubes

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Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2010, Pages

  Power, Siobhán ^a   Smyth, Niamh ^a   Duggan, Sinead ^a   Roddy, Marie ^a   Feehan, Sinead ^a  

^a Dublin   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Bridle; Dislodgement; Feeding tubes; Nasoenteric

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BLEEDING; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DEVICE; DEVICE REMOVAL; ENTERIC FEEDING; EPISTAXIS; FEEDING APPARATUS; HUMAN; NASAL BRIDLE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NOSE; NOSE FEEDING; TREATMENT INDICATION; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 77949654073     PISSN: 17514991     EISSN: 17514991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eclnm.2009.12.003     Document Type: Article

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