Aspiration pneumonia caused by inadvertent insertion of gastric tube in an obtunded patient postoperatively

BMJ Case Reports

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages

  Xu, Zhang ^a   Li, Wenxian ^a  

^a EYE AND ENT HOSPITAL OF FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEPHALOSPORIN; SUFENTANIL;

ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CASE REPORT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; COUGHING; ENDOTRACHEAL TUBE; ESOPHAGUS; HUMAN; MALE; MAXILLA RESECTION; MAXILLA SINUS CANCER; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OPERATION DURATION; ORAL SURGERY; PATIENT CONTROLLED ANALGESIA; POSTOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STOMACH TUBE; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY;

EID: 81055130449     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1757790X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4411     Document Type: Article

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