Effectiveness of the auscultatory and pH methods in predicting feeding tube placement

Journal of Clinical Nursing

Volumn 19, Issue 11-12, 2010, Pages 1553-1559

  Turgay, Ayşe San ^a   Khorshid, Leyla ^b  

^a ÇANAKKALE ONSEKIZ MART UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b EGE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Artificial feeding; Ausculation; Nasogastric; Nurses; Nursing; PH

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CHEMISTRY; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PH; STOMACH JUICE; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; AGED; AUSCULTATION; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL CONTENTS; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77955938633     PISSN: 09621067     EISSN: 13652702     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2702.2010.03191.x     Document Type: Article

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