Commentary on Turgay ST and Khorshid L (2010) Effectiveness of the auscultatory and pH methods in predicting feeding tube placement. Journal of Clinical Nursing 19, 1553-1559

摘要

Checking the correct placement of a feeding tube is one of the most crucial issues in intensive care nursing (MarIan & Allen 1998, Sanko 2004, Bourgault et al. 2007). Most feeding tube complications, such as pulmonary aspiration and feeding intolerance are associated with a displaced tube, and it is recommended that feeding tubes should be checked every shift and before each administration (Stroud et al. 2003, McClave et al. 2009).