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To Be Or Knot To Be: A Rare Case Of Nasogastric Tube Knotting

open access: yesJournal of Rawalpindi Medical College, 2020
Nasogastric tube is a commonly used medium of enteral nutrition and gastric decompression in both medical and surgical patients. Nasogastric tube knotting is a rare complication with only a handful of cases found in literature.
Muzna Iftikhar   +2 more
doaj  

Effectiveness of using an electromagnetic tube placement device for placement of bedside small bowel feeding tubes in a regional burn center [PDF]

open access: yes, 2009
Plan BEarly and adequate nutritional support is crucial in the care of burn patients. There have been described in literature many different methods for and technology to aid in the placement of small bowel feeding tubes that are used to provide the ...
Nelson, Stacey
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Case of nasogastric tube dysfunction

open access: yes, 2018
Clinical presentationAn elderly female patient was admitted to intensive care for prolonged vasopressor therapy and mechanical ventilation after cardiac arrest and acute percutaneous coronary intervention.
Peter Fickert   +4 more
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Assessment of Growth in Cardio‐Facio‐Cutaneous Syndrome

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cardio‐facio‐cutaneous (CFC) syndrome is a rare, multiple congenital anomaly disorder in which individuals commonly experience faltering growth; however, systematic analysis of growth parameters in this disorder has not been performed. We recruited 69 participants with CFC through CFC International and collected data on assessing height ...
Kari Johnston   +6 more
wiley   +1 more source

Switching disease‐modifying therapies in patients with spinal muscular atrophy: A systematic review on effectiveness outcomes

open access: yesBritish Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.
With multiple disease‐modifying therapies now available, treatment switching has become an important clinical consideration in the management of spinal muscular atrophy (SMA). While some switches are prompted by suboptimal clinical response, more commonly they are driven by treatment burden, convenience, or adverse events.
Andrej Belančić   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

A malfunctioning nasogastric feeding tube [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
A critical point of nasogastric feeding tube placement, potentially resulting in an unsafe and/or non-effective operation of the device, is the monitoring of its proper placement into the stomach.
Costa,Antonio   +3 more
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Abdominal Operations without Nasogastric tube :A major advance in modern surgery

open access: yesمجلة كلية الطب, 2008
Background: Routine use of nasogastric tubes, after abdominal operations, is intended to hasten the return of bowel function, prevent pulmonary complications, diminish the risk of anastomotic leakage, increase patient comfort and shorten hospital stay ...
Salem A.H. Al-Sarraf   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Potential risk of malposition of nasogastric tube using nose-ear-xiphoid measurement. [PDF]

open access: yesPLoS ONE, 2014
BACKGROUND: Correct placement of nasogastric tubes provide proper functionality and maximize benefit and minimize risk. The Nose-Ear-Xiphoid (NEX) body surface estimate method is a long-lasting technique, and this study was conducted to evaluate the ...
Yen-Chun Chen   +7 more
doaj   +1 more source

Risks of Using Bedside Tests to Verify Nasogastric Tube Position in Adult Patients [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Nasogastric (NG) tubes are commonly used for enteral feeding. Complications of feeding tube misplacement include malnutrition, pulmonary aspiration, and even death.
Melody Ni   +3 more
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Impact of nasogastric tube feeding on swallowing function in patients with dysphagia: a pilot study [PDF]

open access: yes, 2021
During dysphagia treatment, direct oral swallowing therapy is applied to some patients temporarily fed via nasogastric tube. However, the risk of aspiration in oral swallowing while nasogastric tube in situ may be disregarded in a standard ...
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