If confirmation of safe NG tube placement requires a chest x-ray (CXR), this must ... placement of nasogastric feeding tubes in adults (interpretation of x ray images): summary of a safety report from ...

Sometimes, kids get medicine through the tube. NG tubes are used for short periods of time, usually a few weeks to months. In the hospital, a health care provider trained in placing NG tubes can ...

During NG insertion, there was a significant amount of resistance felt at 20 cm from the incisiors. Despite this, NG tube placement was completed uneventfully. A CT of the neck and thorax was arranged ...

The stress associated with placement of the tube, presence of the tube and the need to wear an Elizabethan collar to prevent removal of the tube should all be considered before deciding to place a ...

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 ...

Introduction A 2011 Patient Safety Alert for nasogastric tubes (NGT) highlighted only 31% of junior doctors had received formal guidance or training on the use of chest x-ray (CXR) for confirming NGT ...