Gastric decompression is the removal of stomach content through a tube passed via the nasogastric route ... is needed. Although all feeding tubes must have an ENFit® connector to reduce the risk of ...

The new ENFit connector provides a simple way to reduce the risk of enteral tube feeding misconnections and improve patient safety. The ENFit connector: Addresses “patient side” connections between ...

Challenge Administration of medication, for LA, was via a nasogastric tube ... using the appropriate ENFIT adaptor to administer the dispersed medication into the feeding tube and disposing of ...

Introduction Nasogastric (NG) tube feeding is an important component of nutritional care. However it has risks and introducing feed or medicines into the respiratory tract through a misplaced NG tube ...

Gastrostomy feeding is a well established alternative method to long term nasogastric tube feeding. Many such patients have gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and require a fundoplication. A transgastric ...

If a rabbit is ill or will be undergoing certain types of surgery, it may need to be fed using a nasogastric tube. Nasogastric intubation is easy and is an effective means of delivering nutrition ...

dziewasuni-muenster.de Temporary dysphagia affects up to 50% of stroke patients in the acute stage of their illness and often necessitates tube feeding. In these patients, the placing of nasogastric ...

Abstract: There are two main enteral feeding strategies—namely nasogastric (NG) tube feeding and percutaneous gastrostomy—used to improve the nutritional status of patients with head and neck cancer ...

Harris, K.M., Lambie, H. and Tolan, D.J.M. ( 2016) Radiographer Workforce role expansion to improve patient safety related to nasogastric tube placement for feeding in adults, Clinical Radiology,72, ...

The feeding tube may be diverted into either ... been designed to enhance training and proficiency in nasogastric and nasojejunal feed tube and gastrostomy device placement and management in ...

The scrotum was distended, translucent and non-erythematous. He had been on nasogastric tube feeds (NGT), with concomitant oxygen administration via a feeding tube inserted at 5 cm into the left ...