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Is it necessary for all patients to use prokinetic agents to place a trans-pyloric tube?

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  1. Gang Li and Lu Ke contributed equally to this work.

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  1. Surgery Intensive Care Unit (SICU), Department of General Surgery, Jinling Hospital, Medical School of Nanjing University, No. 305 Zhongshan East Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu, China

    Gang Li, Lu Ke, Zhihui Tong & Weiqin Li

  2. School of Medicine, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Xin Ouyang

  3. Department of Intensive Care Unit of Cardiovascular Surgery, Guangdong Cardiovascular Institute, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences, 96 Dongchuan Road, 510080, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China

    Chunbo Chen

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Li, G., Ke, L., Tong, Z. et al. Is it necessary for all patients to use prokinetic agents to place a trans-pyloric tube?. Intensive Care Med 45, 751–752 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-019-05548-7

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