Errors of oral medication administration in a patient with enteral feeding tube

• Main Authors: Shahram Emami (Author), Hadi Hamishehkar (Author), Ata Mahmoodpoor (Author), Simin Mashayekhi (Author), Parina Asgharian (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications, 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Enteral feeding tube is employed for feeding of critically ill patients who are unable to eat. In the cases of oral medication administration to enterally fed patients, some potential errors could happen. We report a 53-year-old man who was admitted to intensive care unit (ICU) of a teaching hospita...