Subjective Distresses of Nasogastric Tube Feeding
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Subjective distresses of nasogastric tube feeding.
Health care professionals assume that tube feeding is an unpleasant, distressing experience for patients, which is only partially substantiated by experience. Thirty patients were interviewed via a tube feeding and hospital experience checklist (a 47-item interview schedule). Common experiences were operationally defined as those felt by at least 50%; subjectively distressful experiences were t...
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Rechecking the position of the nasogastric tube after oropharyngeal suction is not common practice. Our patient deteriorated after oropharyngeal suction was performed, whilst nasogastric feeding continued. We suggest that nasogastric feeding should be stopped during oropharyngeal suction and the tube position should be checked every time an oropharyngeal suction is performed.
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عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition
سال: 1979
ISSN: 0148-6071,1941-2444
DOI: 10.1177/014860717900300204