Bedside sonographic-guided versus blind nasoenteric feeding tube placement in critically ill patients

To compare a blind manual bedside method for placing feeding tubes into the small bowel vs. a sonographic bedside technique in critically ill patients.Prospective study with a random sample.Multidisciplinary intensive care unit in a tertiary care university hospital.Thirty-five adult patients. All patients were hemodynamically stable, mechanically ventilated, and required a nasoenteric tube placement for short-term enteral feeding due to...