title: Endoscopic placement of feeding tubes in the critically ill patient.
abstract: Placement of the nasojejunal feeding tube under direct visual guidance using endoscopy offers an alternative method to those currently used. We found it to be a safe method easily performed by house staff. It is less burdensome than other described endoscopic techniques and does not require patient transfer or fluoroscopic facilities.
mesh_terms: D003422:Critical Care; D004724:Endoscopy; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans