Complications of small-bore feeding tubes: is newer technology necessarily better?

Yesica Campos^{1

2}, Claire Kerin³, Ranier Reyes^{1

2}

Affiliations

¹ Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Neuroscience ICU, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

Yesica Campos et al. Trauma Surg Acute Care Open. 2020.

. 2020 Aug 31;5(1):e000572.

doi: 10.1136/tsaco-2020-000572. eCollection 2020.

Yesica Campos^{1

2}, Claire Kerin³, Ranier Reyes^{1

2}

¹ Department of Neurology, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
² Department of Neurosurgery, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.
³ Department of Neuroscience ICU, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas, USA.

No abstract available

Keywords: critical care; enteral nutrition; pneumothorax.

Conflict of interest statement

Competing interests: None declared.

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