Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are extensively used and generally harmless, yet loop formation and malpositioning are often reported especially when using thin NGT for enteral feeding which placed blindly; therefore, diligent follow-up of NGT is required with confirmation of right placement, changing it to PEG if long use of NGT needed.

  Nasogastric tube (NG) insertion is a usual technique in any neonatal intensive care unit. This procedure is undertaken for the children who are in need of invasive care. Sometimes, the insertion of nasogastric tube in infants with esophagus friable anatomy tissues may have some dangerous side effect, but such problems are not very common. Esophageal perforation is a rare but known compli...

A 57-year-old man had a past history of diabetes mellitus controlled by oral hypoglycaemic agents. He was brought into the emergency department one day by paramedics after ingesting over 200 ml of synthetic pyrethroid insecticide (alpha-cypermethrin). The patient was vomiting and agitated; therefore, a nasogastric tube was immediately inserted in order to perform gastric lavage. Routine chest X...

OBJECTIVE A meta-analysis of all published clinical trials comparing selective versus routine nasogastric decompression was performed in an attempt to evaluate the need for nasogastric decompression after elective laparotomy. BACKGROUND Many studies have suggested that routine nasogastric decompression is unnecessary after elective laparotomy and may be associated with an increased incidence ...

Bariatric surgery has become an integral part of morbid obesity treatment with well-defined indications. Some complications, specific or not, due to laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG) procedure have recently been described. We report a rare complication unpublished to date: a nasogastric section during great gastric curve stapling. A 44-year-old woman suffered of severe obesity (BMI 36.6 kg/...

A (2.4 Kg) female full-term baby admitted with respiratory distress and frothing from the mouth since birth. The infantogram with the nasogastric tube in situ revealed the position of the tube was at T7-T8 vertebral level and there was no gas in the abdomen (Fig. 1). There was no other associated anomaly. At operation, the upper and lower pouches were almost in continuity but there was a 1cm lo...

INTRODUCTION Semi-solid nutrition with high viscosity has the advantage of reducing gastroesophageal reflux and diarrhea and shortens the duration of administration compared with liquid nutrition. This is the first report describing the administration of semi-solid nutrition with high viscosity via a nasogastric tube, which achieved a remarkable improvement in the patient's nutritional state. ...

Although nasogastric tube (NGT) is a simple procedure, the blind placement of nasogastric feeding tubes is not without risks. Chest radiogram is done to confirm the correct position of the NGT. We report a case where radiography could not be confirmatory for the correct position of the tube in a specific group of patients.

BACKGROUND Many patients have a nasogastric feeding tube inserted during admission; however, misplacement is not uncommon. In this case report we present, to the best of our knowledge, the first documented fatality from pressure pneumothorax following nasogastric tube withdrawal. CASE PRESENTATION An 84-year-old Caucasian woman with dysphagia and at risk of aspiration underwent routine insert...