Blindly inserted nasogastric feeding tubes and thoracic complications in intensive care
نویسندگان
چکیده
منابع مشابه
Blindly inserted nasogastric feeding tubes and thoracic complications in intensive care
Purpose of review: This article reviews the thoracic complications from malpositioned blindly inserted nasogastric feeding tubes in mechanically ventilated patients in intensive care and the methods to check the position and promote safe placement of the feeding tubes. Recent findings: Malpositioned feeding tubes are not included in risk management databases. The reported incidence is 1-3% and ...
متن کاملFeeding tube placement in adults: safe verification method for blindly inserted tubes.
E nteral feeding is a common and necessary practice in critical care. Clinical practice for verification of smalland large-bore feeding tubes is variable. Although radiographic confirmation is the reference standard for blindly inserted small-bore tubes, it is not consistently performed to verify large-bore tubes before administration of formula or medication. These practices raise concerns; bo...
متن کاملConfirming 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 ...
متن کاملNasogastric tube placement errors and complications in pediatric intensive care unit: a case report.
UNLABELLED Nasal ala pressure sores are among complications of nasogastric tube in Pediatric Intensive Care Unit (PICU). The severity of the injury is usually minor and easily ignored. However, the complication could be easily avoided. This is a case of nasal ala sore after the placement of nasal enteral tube in a pediatric intensive care unit in our center. A 5-month-old female with pulmonary ...
متن کاملEffect of metoclopramide on nosocomial pneumonia in patients with nasogastric feeding in the intensive care unit.
This study in the Islamic Republic of Iran aimed to determine whether metoclopramide can prevent nosocomial pneumonia in the intensive care unit (ICU). Of 220 patients admitted to the surgical ICU who had a nasogastric tube for more than 24 hours, 68 case patients received oral metoclopramide (10 mg every 8 hours) and 152 control patients did not. Similar proportions of cases and controls devel...
متن کاملذخیره در منابع من
با ذخیره ی این منبع در منابع من، دسترسی به آن را برای استفاده های بعدی آسان تر کنید
ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Health
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1949-4998,1949-5005
DOI: 10.4236/health.2010.210166