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Comparison of using cooled and regular-temperature nasogastric tubes on the success of nasogastric intubation
Background: Successful nasogastric intubation is defined as “correct placement of the tube with minimum number of attempts” which is an important issue in nasogastric intubation. Due to controversies in the use of cold tubes in nasogastric tube insertion, need for research in this area seems necessary. Aim: To compare the effect of using cold versus regular-temperature nasogastric tubes on succ...
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INTRODUCTION Nutrition is crucial to successful outcomes in peri-operative head and neck cancer patients. Nasogastric feeding tubes are an accepted and safe method of providing enteral nutrition in the short-term. Many methods have been advocated for successfully inserting and securing nasogastric tubes and each practitioner will have his or her preferred technique. OBJECTIVES To confirm the ...
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Nasogastric and nasoenteral tubes are necessary in medical practice, but they are unpleasant and hard to be tolerated during long periods. This paper describes a technique of fastening the nasogastric or nasoenteral catheter that is easy to be performed, diminishes the discomfort and avoids most of nasal complications related to its location. Benjoim solution moistens the tube and the skin of t...
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A 78-year-old alert woman in hospital was being fed through a nasogastric tube because of deconditioning. She was taking acetylsalicylic acid for ischemic cardiomyopathy, and a vitamin K antagonist for atrial fibrillation and a recent axillobifemoral bypass thrombosis. She had a permanent right-side nephrostomy after receiving an injury to the ureter during the bypass surgery. She did not have ...
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Nasogastric tubes are often inserted in intensive care settings, the emergency department and hospital wards. Common indications for nasogastric tubes are gastric decompression to palliate bowel obstruction, preventing aspiration in intubated patients and for the delivery of enteral nutrition or medication. A case of pneumothorax following nasogastric tube insertion in a 63-year-old neurosurgic...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: British Journal of Anaesthesia
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0007-0912
DOI: 10.1093/bja/51.1.73