Nasogastric tube procedures

BACKGROUND Scabies is a global problem. Transmission of scabies is usually due to direct or indirect contact. Delay in diagnosis… (More)

The use of a nasogastric tube is one means of administering antifungal therapy to critically ill patients unable to receive… (More)

BACKGROUND For patients undergoing colonic surgery, the postoperative hospital stay is usually 6 to 10 days, and the morbidity… (More)

BACKGROUND Many patients with head and neck cancer have difficulty swallowing tablet formulations of medications, and use of… (More)

BACKGROUND In a previous study we showed that prolonged nasogastric tube feeding is associated with pathogenic oral flora… (More)

BACKGROUND Although studies have shown that early oral feeding after abdominal surgery is feasible, many surgeons still advocate… (More)

A single-dose, open-label, randomized, crossover bioavailability study was conducted in 24 healthy adult male volunteers to… (More)

We prospectively studied all cases of Staphylococcus aureus bacteremia that occurred during an extensive outbreak of methicillin… (More)

OBJECTIVE This study tested the hypothesis that erythromycin, a motilin agonist, reduces the incidence of early DGE after… (More)

Although empirical regimens of parenteral chloroquine have been used extensively to treat severe malaria for 40 years, recent… (More)