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Reducing the Unintended Dislodgement of Gastrostomy Tubes in a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital: A QA/QI Pilot Study

BACKGROUND: Since their introduction in 1980, gastrostomy tubes have become effective means of providing both short-term and long-term enteral access and nutritional support. These feeding tubes are ubiquitous in many health care facilities that care for the elderly, but carry high rates of unintend...

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Autores principales: Shah, Jamil, Shahidullah, Abul, Richards, Stanlee
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Elmer Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6188033/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30344809
http://dx.doi.org/10.14740/gr1084w