Nasogastric feeding tube placement in patients with esophageal cancer: application of ultrathin transnasal endoscopy

2006 ◽  
Vol 64 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-107 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cheng-Hui Lin ◽  
Nai-Jen Liu ◽  
Ching-Song Lee ◽  
Jui-Hsiang Tang ◽  
Kuo-Liang Wei ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Esophageal Cancer ◽  
Feeding Tube ◽  
Tube Placement ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding ◽  
Transnasal Endoscopy ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding Tube ◽  
Feeding Tube Placement

Capnographic documentation of nasoesophageal and nasogastric feeding tube placement in dogs

2002 ◽  
Vol 12 (4) ◽  
pp. 227-233 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paula A. Johnson ◽  
F. A. Mann ◽  
John Dodam ◽  
Keith Branson ◽  
Colette Wagner-Mann ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Tube ◽  
Tube Placement ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding Tube ◽  
Feeding Tube Placement

Magnetic Resonance–Guided Nasogastric Feeding Tube Placement for Neonates: A Preclinical Study

2016 ◽  
Vol 41 (8) ◽  
pp. 1386-1392
Author(s):  
Barret Daniels ◽  
Christopher Ireland ◽  
Steven Kraus ◽  
John Racadio ◽  
Nicole Hilvert ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Magnetic Resonance ◽  
Feeding Tube ◽  
Preclinical Study ◽  
Tube Placement ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding Tube ◽  
Feeding Tube Placement

Gelcap-Assisted Fiberoptic Nasogastric Feeding Tube Placement

1996 ◽  
Vol 75 (2) ◽  
pp. 102-103 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel G. Deschler ◽  
Lawrence Lustig ◽  
Mark I. Singer
Keyword(s):  
Feeding Tube ◽  
Tube Placement ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding Tube ◽  
Feeding Tube Placement

scholarly journals Malposition of a Nasogastric Feeding Tube Into the Right Pleural Cavity of a Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma Patient After Radiotherapy and Chemotherapy: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Meng Zhang ◽  
Hong Zhu ◽  
Zheng Liu ◽  
Xuexue Deng
Keyword(s):  
Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma ◽  
Nasogastric Tube ◽  
Pleural Cavity ◽  
Feeding Tube ◽  
Tube Placement ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding ◽  
Severe Dysphagia ◽  
Nasogastric Feeding Tube ◽  
Nasogastric Tubes ◽  
The Right

Abstract Background: Nasogastric feeding tube plays an important role in nutrition intake, drug administration, and stomach emptying for patients with severe dysphagia. However, inserting nasogastric tubes is not absolutely harmless. Inadvertent malposition into the trachea or the pleural cavity could result in severe pulmonary complications. Case presentation: We present a case of a 67-year-old patient with a history of nasopharyngeal carcinoma and after the treatment of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. Nasogastric tubes have to be placed for enteral nutrition and avoiding aspiration owing to his severe dysphagia. Unfortunately, he experienced a malposition of nasogastric tube into the right pleura cavity after blind replacement by nurse, whereas the nurses and physicians did not recognize this fault, even the bedside chest radiography (X-ray) was performed twice after intubation. A week later, his condition deteriorated so rapidly that he had to undergo tracheotomy, and the tube was finally found in his trachea.Conclusions: The Nasopharyngeal carcinoma patients after radiotherapy and chemotherapy should be fully evaluated before the nasogastric tube placement whether the blind insertion is suitable or not. Meanwhile, we should not feed immediately unless we have a radiograph to verify the right position of NG tube. Furthermore, careful monitoring of both typical and untypical symptoms of malposition is essential during tube feeding.

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