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Development and validation of a lipase nasogastric tube position test

BACKGROUND: Nasogastric tube position should be checked every day by either aspirate pH or chest radiography to prevent fatal misplaced feeding into the lungs. Many patients do not have acidic gastric aspirates and require daily chest radiographs. We developed and validated a lipase test that was co...

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Autores principales: Anderson, Oliver, Carr, Reuben, Harbinson, Merrilee, Hanna, George Bushra
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BMJ Publishing Group 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4780039/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26966548
http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmjgast-2015-000064