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Knotted nasogastric tube in the posterior nasopharynx: A case report

Author(s) -

Kagabo D. Hirwa,

Naresh Toshniwal

Publication year - 2016

Publication title -

qatar medical journal

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.171

H-Index - 9

eISSN - 2227-0426

pISSN - 0253-8253

DOI - 10.5339/qmj.2016.11

Subject(s) - medicine , enteral administration , safer , tube (container) , feeding tube , surgery , parenteral nutrition , mechanical engineering , computer security , computer science , engineering

Nasogastric tubes are widely used for enteral feeding and administration of medication but unexpected complications can arise during their insertion or removal. There are no standardized ways of dealing with such complications and the safer methods of insertion available are mostly expensive. We present here a case of knotted nasogastric tube and the different approaches that were used to remove it. A brief review of the literature on nasogastric position confirmation techniques is also presented.

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