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Do nasogastric tubes worsen dysphagia in patients with acute stroke?
BACKGROUND: Early feeding via a nasogastric tube (NGT) is recommended as safe way of supplying nutrition in patients with acute dysphagic stroke. However, preliminary evidence suggests that NGTs themselves may interfere with swallowing physiology. In the present study we therefore investigated the i...
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Lenguaje: | English |
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BioMed Central
2008
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2507716/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18651972 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2377-8-28 |