Strategies to prevent aspiration-related pneumonia in tube-fed patients.
It is improbable that aspiration and aspiration-pneumonia can be entirely prevented, but application of one or more of the strategies described in this article probably can reduce these potentially life threatening conditions. Fortunately, many of these strategies are relatively easy and inexpensive to incorporate into routine care.
Metheny
Norma A
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School of Nursing, Saint Louis University, 3525 Caroline Mall, St. Louis, MO 63104, USA. methenna@slu.edu
D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects*; D006801:Humans; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D012307:Risk Factors