The role of intermittent enteral feeding in reducing gastric colonization in mechanically ventilated patients.

Skiest, D J

The role of intermittent enteral feeding in reducing gastric colonization in mechanically ventilated patients. [electronic resource] - Chest May 1997 - 1474-5 p. digital

Publication Type: Clinical Trial; Comment; Comparative Study; Letter; Randomized Controlled Trial

0012-3692

10.1378/chest.111.5.1474-a doi


Bacterial Physiological Phenomena
Cohort Studies
Cross Infection--prevention & control
Ecology
Enteral Nutrition--methods
Gastric Acid
Gastrointestinal Agents--therapeutic use
Humans
Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
Pneumonia, Bacterial--prevention & control
Prospective Studies
Respiration, Artificial
Stomach--microbiology
Sucralfate--therapeutic use