What Is a Nasogastric Tube (NG Tube)? A nasogastric (NG) tube is a thin, soft tube that goes in through the nose, down the throat, and into the stomach. They're used to feed formula to a child who can ...

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 ...

You will be able to get a quick price and instant permission to reuse the content in many different ways. Our patient required nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding for poor nutritional intake. He was alert ...

In these patients, the placing of nasogastric tubes is often difficult or impossible. This study evaluated the efficiency and tolerability of a previously described new method for tube placing, which ...

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 ...

Antiplatelet, thyroid hormone replacement and statin therapies were administered through a 14-French nasogastric tube (Nestlé Health Science) and enteral feeding was initiated. Correct position of the ...

A man in his 70s, admitted to intensive care unit following an out of hospital cardiac arrest, had a nasogastric (NG) tube inserted on admission. Correct placement of the NG tube had been confirmed ...

Tube feeding is usually recommended as an effective and safe way to supply nutrition in dysphagic stroke patients. Objective: To estimate the frequency of pneumonia in acute stroke patients fed by ...

A short cut review was carried out to establish whether routine nasogastric decompression with a nasogastric tube improved the process and outcome of care in adults with small bowel occlusion. 211 ...

The survey (see box) was designed by us and piloted with another physician group prior to administration. Survey questions concerned belief that nasogastric tube insertion causes pain, measures ...