Kink of a Nasogastric Tube in the Bronchial System without Complications | Zendy

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Kink of a Nasogastric Tube in the Bronchial System without Complications

Author(s) -

Ji Hye Lee,

Yang Deok Lee,

Dong Jib Na

Publication year - 2008

Publication title -

respiration

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.264

H-Index - 81

eISSN - 1423-0356

pISSN - 0025-7931

DOI - 10.1159/000179566

Subject(s) - medicine , lung cancer , sputum , physical examination , anesthesia , lung , surgery , presentation (obstetrics) , arterial blood , respiratory disease , respiratory system , pathology , tuberculosis

A 84-year-old man, who had been diagnosed with and had received radiotherapy for esophageal cancer with lung metastasis 1 year previously, presented at our institution with a 1-month history of progressive dyspnea, cough and sputum. The patient’s physical examination was unremarkable, with the exception of coarse breathing in both lower lung fields. The patient’s arterial blood gas was analyzed at the time of presentation and found to be pH 7.46, with PaCO 2 levels of 23 mm Hg, PaO 2 levels of 50 mm Hg, HCO 3 – levels of 16.4 mmol/l, and SaO 2 levels of 87%. The

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