Safe, timely, convenient, and cost-effective: A single-center experience with bedside placement of enteral feeding tubes by midlevel providers using fluoroscopic guidance

American Journal of Surgery

Volumn 204, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 958-962

  Hauschild, Tricia B ^a   Fu, Katy Y ^a   Hipwell, Randall C ^a   Baraghoshi, Gabriele ^a   Mone, Mary C ^a   Nirula, Raminder ^a   Kimball, Edward J ^a   Barton, Richard G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Critical illness; Enteral feeding; Fluoroscopic guidance; Midlevel practitioner; Nasoenteric feeding tube placement; Nutrition support

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; COST UTILITY ANALYSIS; ENTERIC FEEDING; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL FEE; MEDICAL SPECIALIST; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NURSE PRACTITIONER; NUTRITIONAL SUPPORT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SAFETY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE; WORK EXPERIENCE;

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; FLUOROSCOPY; HOSPITAL CHARGES; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; MALE; NURSE PRACTITIONERS; OUTCOME AND PROCESS ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURGICAL PROCEDURES, OPERATIVE; TIME FACTORS; UTAH;

EID: 84871009928     PISSN: 00029610     EISSN: 18791883     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.amjsurg.2012.07.025     Document Type: Article

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