Should gastric aspirate be discarded or retained when gastric residual volume is removed from gastric tubes?
Summary: Nursing care of patients with enteral feeding tubes is common in the intensive care unit but the evidence that surrounds the practice is limited. Recent research by Juve-Udina and colleagues (2010) "To return or to discard? Randomised trial on gastric residual volume management"...
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| Format: | Journal Article |
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Elsevier Inc
2010
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| Online Access: | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/36468 |