A weight-based formula for the estimation of gastric tube insertion length in newborns

Advances in Neonatal Care

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 179-182

  Freeman, Danielle ^a   Saxton, Virginia ^a   Holberton, James ^a  

^a MERCY HOSPITAL FOR WOMEN   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enteral nutrition; Feeding tube; Intensive care; Nasogastric; Neonatal; Neonate; Orogastric

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; BODY WEIGHT; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; HUMAN; INSTRUMENTATION; METHODOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ALGORITHMS; BODY WEIGHT; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84864604927     PISSN: 15360903     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/ANC.0b013e318256bb13     Document Type: Article

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