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Novel Use of a Minnesota Tube for Enteral Feeding in a Critically Ill Patient With Gastroesophageal Bleeding

Balloon tamponade of bleeding varices is a temporizing measure acting as a bridge for the treatment of massive gastrointestinal (GI) hemorrhage. After treatment, utilization of a gastric tube for feeding is challenging due to the risk of variceal rebleeding during placement. No literature to date ha...

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Autores principales: Udrea, Daniel, Montano, Nicholas J, Cochran-Yu, Megan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10110406/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37082483
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.36340