Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 365-367 , July 2008

Inadvertent Tracheobronchial Placement of Feeding Tube in a Mechanically Ventilated Patient

  • Po-Chien Wang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Ton-Yen General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Guan-Ying Tseng

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Ton-Yen General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Hsiao-Bai Yang

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pathology, Ton-Yen General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Kuo-Chih Chou

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Ton-Yen General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • ,
  • Chung-Hua Chen

      Affiliations

    • Department of Internal Medicine, Ton-Yen General Hospital, Hsinchu, Taiwan, R.O.C.
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorrespondence to: Dr Chung-Hua Chen, Department of Internal Medicine, Ton-Yen General Hospital, Jhubei City, Hsinchu County 302, Taiwan, R.O.C

Received 4 October 2007 ,Accepted 3 March 2008.

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PII: S1726-4901(08)70141-2

doi: 10.1016/S1726-4901(08)70141-2

Journal of the Chinese Medical Association
Volume 71, Issue 7 , Pages 365-367 , July 2008

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