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Intermittent At‐Home Suctioning of Esophageal Content for Prevention of Recurrent Aspiration Pneumonia in 4 Dogs with Megaesophagus

BACKGROUND: Megaesophagus carries a poor to guarded prognosis due to death from aspiration pneumonia. Options for medical management of regurgitation are limited to strategic oral or gastrostomy tube feeding. OBJECTIVES: To describe the use and efficacy of intermittent esophageal suctioning to preve...

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Autores principales: Manning, K., Birkenheuer, A.J., Briley, J., Montgomery, S.A., Harris, J., Vanone, S.L., Gookin, J.L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5032866/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27481487
http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/jvim.14527