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Ultrasonography for confirmation of gastric tube placement

BACKGROUND: Gastric tubes are commonly used for the administration of drugs and tube feeding for people who are unable to swallow. Feeding via a tube misplaced in the trachea can result in severe pneumonia. Therefore, the confirmation of tube placement in the stomach after tube insertion is importan...

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Published in:Cochrane Database Syst Rev
Main Authors: Tsujimoto, Hiraku, Tsujimoto, Yasushi, Nakata, Yukihiko, Akazawa, Mai, Kataoka, Yuki
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2017
Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6478184/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/28414415
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1002/14651858.CD012083.pub2
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