Nasogastric tube placement and verification in children: Review of the current literature

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 267-276

  Irving, Sharon Y ^a   Lyman, Beth ^b   Northington, Ladonna ^c   Bartlett, Jacqueline A ^b   Kemper, Carol ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

^b CHILDREN S MERCY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MISSISSIPPI MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

enteral nutrition; gastrointestinal intubation; infant; neonates; pediatrics; safety

Indexed keywords

BILIRUBIN; HISTAMINE H2 RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST; PROTON PUMP INHIBITOR;

ABDOMINAL RADIOGRAPHY; ARTICLE; AUSCULTATION; CAPNOMETRY; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHILD CARE; CINAHL; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COMMON BILE DUCT; DISTRESS SYNDROME; DUMPING SYNDROME; ECHOGRAPHY; EMERGENCY WARD; FOLLOW UP; GASTRIC SUCTION; GOLD STANDARD; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOME CARE; HUMAN; HYPOGLYCEMIA; HYPOVOLEMIA; LONG TERM CARE; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NURSING CARE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; PATIENT SAFETY; PEDIATRIC NURSE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PUBLICATION; RADIATION EXPOSURE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); STOMACH CONTENT; STOMACH INTUBATION; STOMACH SECRETION; THORAX RADIOGRAPHY; CHILD; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; ENTERIC FEEDING; PROCEDURES;

CHILD; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HUMANS; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; RADIOGRAPHY, ABDOMINAL;

EID: 84900452535     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533614531456     Document Type: Article

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