Implementation of an electromagnetic imaging system to facilitate nasogastric and post-pyloric feeding tube placement in patients with and without critical illness
Background: Artificial nutrition support is required to optimise nutritional status in many patients. Traditional methods of placing feeding tubes may incur clinical risk and financial costs. A technique facilitating placement of nasogastric and post-pyloric tubes via electromagnetic visual guidance...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Ltd.
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/33097 |