Role of point of care ultrasound to determine the correct position of the nasogastric tube in intubated COVID -19 patients

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Sangam Yadav et al. Trends Anaesth Crit Care. 2020 Dec.

. 2020 Dec:35:28-29.

doi: 10.1016/j.tacc.2020.08.008. Epub 2020 Aug 28.

¹ Department of Anesthesiology, Pain Medicine and Critical Care, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi, India.

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