Vitamin A administration using nasogastric tubes

Early Human Development

Volumn 90, Issue 10, 2014, Pages 625-626

  Meyer, Sascha ^a   Gortner, Ludwig ^a   Monz, Dominik ^a   Maurer, Ellen ^b   Nohr, Donatus ^c   Biesalski, Hans Konrad ^c  

^a University Children's Hospital of Saarland   (Germany)

^b SAARLAND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

Author keywords

Absorption; Enteral feeding; Nasogastric tube; Vitamin A

Indexed keywords

AMIODARONE; LACTOSE; RETINOL;

ARTIFICIAL MILK; BLOOD SAMPLING; CHRONIC LUNG DISEASE; ENTERIC FEEDING; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INFANT; LETTER; LUNG DEVELOPMENT; MEASUREMENT; NASOGASTRIC TUBE; NEWBORN; NURSE; PHARMACIST; PHYSICIAN; PREMATURITY; DIGESTIVE TRACT INTUBATION; PROCEDURES;

CHROMATOGRAPHY, HIGH PRESSURE LIQUID; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTUBATION, GASTROINTESTINAL; VITAMIN A;

EID: 84922272232     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: 18726232     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2014.07.011     Document Type: Letter

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