Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 268-272 , March 2002

Pediatric orogastric and nasogastric tubes: A new formula evaluated

Presented in part at the North American Congress of Clinical Toxicology, La Jolla, CA, September 1999; and the American Academy of Pediatrics, Section of Emergency Medicine, Washington, DC, October 1999.

  • Ann E. Klasner, MD, MPH

      Affiliations

    • Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham and The Children's Hospital of Alabama, Birmingham, AL
    • ,
  • Douglas A. Luke, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Department of Community Health, St. Louis University School of Public Health
    • ,
  • Anthony J. Scalzo, MD

      Affiliations

    • Missouri Regional Poison Center and Divisions of Pediatric Emergency Medicine and Toxicology, St. Louis University and Cardinal Glennon Children's Hospital, St. Louis, MO.

Received 27 October 1999 ,Revised 18 July 2001 ,Accepted 28 August 2001.

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☆ Author contributions are provided at the end of this article.

☆☆ Address for reprints: Ann E. Klasner, MD, MPH, 1600 7th Avenue South, Midtown Center, Suite 205, Birmingham, AL 35233; 205-934-2116, fax 205-975-4623; E-mail: aklasner@peds.uab.edu

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doi: 10.1067/mem.2002.120124

Annals of Emergency Medicine
Volume 39, Issue 3 , Pages 268-272 , March 2002

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