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An unusual complication of passing a narrow bore nasogastric tube
Author(s) -
JAMES R. HUGH
Publication year - 1978
Publication title -
anaesthesia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.839
H-Index - 117
eISSN - 1365-2044
pISSN - 0003-2409
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2044.1978.tb08467.x
Subject(s) - medicine , insufflation , tube (container) , complication , auscultation , chest tube , pleural effusion , perforation , surgery , intubation , pneumothorax , radiology , mechanical engineering , materials science , metallurgy , engineering , punching
A care of oesophageal perforation and aspiration of a pleural effusion by a narrow bore nasogastric tube is reported. The presence of cardiac enlargement was thought to be a precipitating cause. It is suggested that insufflation of air with auscultation over the epigastrium and aspiration of narrow bore tubes, as well as chest X-ray, should be carried out routinely to establish the position of such tubes prior to commencing feeding.