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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 ...
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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...
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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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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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Temporary dysphagia affects up to 50% of stroke patients in the acute stage of their illness and often necessitates tube feeding. In these patients, the placing of nasogastric tubes is often difficult or impossible. This study evaluated the efficiency and tolerability of a previously described new method for tube placing, which utilises the induction of the swallowing reflex and has therefore b...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Anaesthesia
سال: 2001
ISSN: 0003-2409
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2044.2001.01976-23.x