Placement of enterogastric tubes

Confirming placement of nasogastric feeding tubes.

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 ...

An Enterogastric Circulation

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A novel method of blind bedside placement of postpyloric tubes

We read with great interest the recent report on blind bedside postpyloric placement by Lv et al. [1]. Their methods were proven to be safe and effective in intensive care units. Although our placing procedure is similar to that reported by the authors, the choice of a postpyloric tube and the patient’s position requires further improvement. In our center, we use a 130-cm long transpyloric tube...

Blind Bedside Placement of Feeding Tubes : Treatment or Threat ?

A novel placement technique for nasogastric and nasoesophageal tubes.

BACKGROUND Early enteral nutrition in dogs and cats can have significant benefit in the therapeutic management of critical illness. Blind placement of nasogastric or nasoesophageal feeding tubes to accomplish this goal has become standard practice. However, complications from tube misdirection into the tracheobronchial tree can lead to significant patient morbidity and mortality. Safe and consi...