Can continuous pump feeding reduce the incidence of pneumonia in nasogastric tube-fed patients? A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Nutrition

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 453-458

  Lee, J S W ^a,b   Kwok, T ^b   Chui, P Y ^c   Ko, F W S ^b   Lo, W K ^c   Kam, W C ^c   Mok, H L F ^b   Lo, R ^a   Woo, J ^b  

^a SHATIN HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^c TAI PO HOSPITAL   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Aged; Enteral feeding; Mortality; Pneumonia; Tube feeding

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGED; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CONVALESCENCE; ELDERLY CARE; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL CAPACITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

EID: 77955274266     PISSN: 02615614     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.clnu.2009.10.003     Document Type: Article

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