Early Oral Feeding Following Intestinal Surgery is it Safe?
Background: A period of starvation (“nil by mouth”) is common practice after gastrointestinal surgery during which an intestinal anastomosis has been formed. The stomach is decompressed with a nasogastric tube and intravenous fluids are given, with oral feeding being introduced as gastric dysmotili...
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College of medicine/ University of Diyala
2019-11-01
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| Series: | Diyala Journal of Medicine |
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| Online Access: | https://www.djm.uodiyala.edu.iq/index.php/djm/article/view/399 |