Auscultation-assisted bedside postpyloric placement of feeding tube in critically ill patients: a prospective, observational study.

CONCLUSIONS: Assistance by auscultation can significantly improve the success rate of nasal feeding tube placement. This simple, safe and fast approach is feasible for the application among health practitioners in the intensive care unit.
PMID: 31464389 [PubMed - in process]

Source: Asia Pacific Journal of Clinical Nutrition - August 30, 2019 Category: Nutrition Authors: Xiao J, Mao Z, Hua M, Chen T, Liu H, Hu P, Tang S, Kang H, Zhou F Tags: Asia Pac J Clin Nutr Source Type: research