Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity
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Confirming nasogastric tube position: methods & restrictions: A narrative review
Background and Purpose: Inserting a nasogastric tube, though a common clinical procedure with widespread use for critically ill patients, can produce unexpected complications so that tube misplacement into the lungs is a potential complication with serious consequences. The reliability of common bedside methods to differentiate between pulmonary and gastric placement has not been acceptable. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Nursing
سال: 2014
ISSN: 0966-0461,2052-2819
DOI: 10.12968/bjon.2014.23.7.352