The effectiveness of ultrasonography in verifying the placement of a nasogastric tube in patients with low consciousness at an emergency center

Scandinavian Journal of Trauma, Resuscitation and Emergency Medicine

Volumn 20, Issue , 2012, Pages

  Kim, Hyung M ^a   So, Byung H ^a   Jeong, Won J ^a   Choi, Se M ^b   Park, Kyu N ^b  

^a The Catholic University of Korea College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Auscultation; Nasogastric tube; pH; Ultrasonography

Indexed keywords

ACID ASPIRATION; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL ERROR; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PH; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STOMACH PH; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

ADULT; AUSCULTATION; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; ESOPHAGUS; FEMALE; GASTRIC ACIDITY DETERMINATION; HUMANS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; MEDICAL ERRORS; MIDDLE AGED; PHYSICAL EXAMINATION; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RADIOGRAPHY, THORACIC; RESPIRATORY ASPIRATION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; UNCONSCIOUSNESS;

EID: 84861971304     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17577241     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1757-7241-20-38     Document Type: Article

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