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Technique for Intraduodenal Placement of Transnasal Enteral Feeding Catheters
Author(s) -
Caulfield Kathy A.,
Page Carey P.,
Pestana Carlos
Publication year - 1991
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/011542659100600123
Subject(s) - medicine , enteral administration , feeding tube , regurgitation (circulation) , parenteral nutrition , surgery
Timely initiation of enteral feeding requires efficient placement of nasoenteric feeding tubes. It is generally agreed that postpyloric placement of feeding tubes reduces the risk of regurgitation and aspiration of feeding formulas. The authors describe a simple, economic method of achieving postpyloric placement of feeding tubes in most patients.