Maintaining placement of temporary enteral feeding tubes in adults: a critical appraisal of the evidence.
Maintaining placement of temporary enteral feeding tubes requires ongoing bedside nursing assessment. Tube placement verification is essential to detect and minimize adverse effects. A critical appraisal of current evidence and best practice recommendations regarding temporary feeding tubes is provided.
Baptist College of Health Sciences, Memphis, TN, USA.
Catherine R
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D000328:Adult; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation*; D055318:Evidence-Based Nursing; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000379:methods / Q000451:nursing*; D019300:Medical Errors / Q000517:prevention & control*