title: Bench-to-bedside review: Routine postoperative use of the nasogastric tube - utility or futility?
authors.affiliation: Service d'Anesthésie Réanimation 1, Hôpital de Pontchaillou, rue Henri le Guilloux, 35033 Rennes Cedex 9, France
authors.forename: Michèle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanguy
authors.forename: Philippe
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Seguin
authors.forename: Yannick
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mallédant
mesh_terms: D003108:Colonic Diseases / Q000517:prevention & control; D013271:Gastric Dilatation / Q000517:prevention & control*; D006801:Humans; D045823:Ileus / Q000517:prevention & control*; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal; D011182:Postoperative Care / Q000379:methods*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D020250:Postoperative Nausea and Vomiting / Q000517:prevention & control