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General characteristics of studies included in the review. Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil, 2018

Article n°AuthorYearCountryLanguageLevel of Evidence
Respiratory complications
1Kearns, et al.( 17 ) 2000USAEnglishII
2Attanasio, et al.( 18 ) 2009ItalyEnglishVI
3Neumann, Delegge( 19 ) 2002USAEnglishII
4Rassias, et al.( 20 ) 1998USAEnglishVI
5Lin, et al.( 21 ) 2008TaiwanEnglishVI
6McWey, et al.( 22 ) 1988USAEnglishVI
7Bankier, et al.( 23 ) 1997AustriaEnglishVI
8Marderstein, et al.( 24 ) 2004USAEnglishVI
9de Aguilar-Nascimento, et al.( 10 ) 2007BrazilEnglish/Portuguese/SpanishVI
10Metheny, et al.( 25 ) 2011USAEnglishVI
11Marco, et al.( 26 ) 2013SpainEnglish/SpanishVI
12Sweatman, et al.( 27 ) 1978USAEnglishVI
13Vaughan( 28 ) 1981UKEnglishVI
Respiratory complications
14Balogh, et al.( 29 ) 1983USAEnglishVI
15McDanal, et al.( 30 ) 1983USAEnglishVI
16Schorlemmer, Battaglini( 31 ) 1984USAEnglishVI
17Harris, Filandrinos( 32 ) 1993USAEnglishVI
18Thomas, et al.( 33 ) 1996USAEnglishVI
19Kolbitsch, et al.( 34 ) 1997AustriaEnglishVI
20Metheny, et al.( 35 ) 1998USAEnglishVI
21Winterholler, Erbguth( 36 ) 2002GermanyEnglishVI
22Kannan, et al.( 37 ) 1999UKEnglishVI
23Howell, Shriver( 38 ) 2005USAEnglishVI
24O'Neil, Krishnananthan( 39 ) 2004AustraliaEnglishVI
25Pillai, et al.( 40 ) 2005CanadaEnglishVI
26Kawati, Rubertsson( 41 ) 2005SwedenEnglishVI
27De Giacomo, et al.( 42 ) 2006ItalyEnglishVI
28Haas, et al.( 43 ) 2006NetherlandsEnglishVI
29Freeberg, et al.( 44 ) 2010USAEnglishVI
30Lemyze, Brown( 45 ) 2009FranceEnglishVI
31Lo, et al.( 46 ) 2008USAEnglishVI
32Wang, et al.( 47 ) 2008TaiwanEnglishVI
33Ishigami, et al.( 48 ) 2009JapanEnglishVI
34Takwoingi( 49 ) 2009UKEnglishVI
35Chhavi, et al.( 50 ) 2010IndiaEnglishVI
36Luo, et al.( 51 ) 2011ChinaEnglishVI
37Shaikh, et al.( 52 ) 2010QatarEnglishVI
38Sellers( 53 ) 2012UKEnglishVI
39Amirlak, et al.( 54 ) 2012USAEnglishVI
40Raut, et al.( 55 ) 2015IndiaEnglishVI
41Andresen, et al.( 56 ) 2016DenmarkEnglishVI
42Kao, et al.( 57 ) 2012ChinaEnglishVI
43Leonard, et al.( 58 ) 2012IrelandEnglishVI
44Paul, et al.( 59 ) 2013USAEnglishVI
Esophageal or pharyngeal complications
45James( 60 ) 1978UKEnglishVI
46Duthorn, et al.( 61 ) 1998GermanyEnglishVI
47Isozaki, et al.( 62 ) 2005JapanEnglishVI
48Wu, et al.( 63 ) 2006TaiwanEnglishVI
49Campo, et al.( 64 ) 2010SpainSpanishVI
50Sankar, et al.( 65 ) 2012UKEnglishVI
51Cereda, et al.( 66 ) 2013ItalyEnglishVI
52Khasawneh, et al.( 67 ) 2013USAEnglishVI
Tube obstruction
53Attanasio, et al.( 18 ) 2009ItalyEnglishVI
54Cervo, et al.( 68 ) 2014BrazilEnglish/PortugueseVI
55Tawfic, et al.( 69 ) 2012OmanEnglishVI
56Van Dinter Jr, et al.( 70 ) 2013USAEnglishVI
Intracranial perforation
57Wyler, et al.( 71 ) 1977USAEnglishVI
58Glasser, et al.( 72 ) 1990USAEnglishVI
Intracranial perforation
59Freij, Mullett( 73 ) 1996UKEnglishVI
60Ferreras, et al.( 74 ) 2000SpainEnglishVI
61Genu, et al.( 75 ) 2004BrazilEnglishVI
Unplanned Tube Removal
62Carrion, et al.( 76 ) 2000SpainEnglishVI
63Nascimento, et al.( 77 ) 2008BrazilEnglish/Portuguese and SpanishVI
Pressure Injury Related to Fixation
64Güimil, et al.( 78 ) 2010SpainSpanishVI
Misconnections
65Ghahremani, Gould( 79 ) 1986USAEnglishVI
66Takeshita, et al.( 80 ) 2002JapanEnglishVI
67Roberts, Swart( 81 ) 2007UKEnglishVI
68Thorat, Wang( 82 ) 2008SingaporeEnglishVI
69Millin, Brooks( 83 ) 2010USAEnglishVI