A team-based protocol and electromagnetic technology eliminate feeding tube placement complications

Annals of Surgery

Volumn 253, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 297-302

  Koopmann, Matthew C ^a   Kudsk, Kenneth A ^a   Szotkowski, Molly J ^a   Rees, Susan M ^b  

^a WILLIAM S MIDDLETON MEMORIAL VETERANS HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AIRWAY; ALERTNESS; ARTICLE; CLINICAL PROTOCOL; CONTROLLED STUDY; COOPERATION; DEATH; DEVICE REMOVAL; ELECTROMAGNETIC FIELD; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MANDATORY TESTING; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTCOME VARIABLE; PNEUMOTHORAX; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STOMACH TUBE; TEAM BUILDING; TECHNIQUE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HEALTH CARE QUALITY; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE;

ELECTROMAGNETIC PHENOMENA; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PATIENT CARE TEAM; PNEUMOTHORAX; QUALITY ASSURANCE, HEALTH CARE; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC;

EID: 79151481041     PISSN: 00034932     EISSN: 15281140     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SLA.0b013e318208f550     Document Type: Article

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