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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...
Autores principales: | Shah, Jamil, Shahidullah, Abul, Richards, Stanlee |
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Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
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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 |
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