Nutritional outcome and pneumonia in critical care patients randomized to gastric versus jejunal tube feedings. The Critical Care Research Team.

MA, Montecalvo; KA, Steger; HW, Farber; BF, Smith; RC, Dennis; GF, Fitzpatrick; SD, Pollack; TZ, Korsberg; DH, Birkett; EF, Hirsch

doi:10.1097/00003246-199210000-00004

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Nutritional outcome and pneumonia in critical care patients randomized to gastric versus jejunal tube feedings. The Critical Care Research Team.

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Montecalvo MA

Steger KA

Farber HW

Abstract

Objective To compare nutritional status, gastric colonization, and rates of nosocomial pneumonia in ICU patients randomized to gastric tube feeding vs. patients fed by an endoscopically placed jejunal tube.Design Randomized, prospective study.Setting Medical and surgical ICUs at Boston City Hospital...

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