Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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2633428 | Journal of Obstetric, Gynecologic & Neonatal Nursing | 2011 | 10 Pages |
Abstract
Direct distance noseâearâxiphoid should no longer be used as an nasogastric/orogastric (NG/OG) tube insertionâlength predictor in neonates. Either NEMU for NG/OG tubes or the new ARHB equation for NG tubes should be used.
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Authors
Marsha L. Cirgin Ellett, Mervyn D. Cohen, Susan M. Perkins, Coral E. Smith, Kathleen A. Lane, Joan K. Austin,