a decision was made to place a fine bore nasogastric (NG) feeding tube at the bedside. During NG insertion, there was a significant amount of resistance felt at 20 cm from the incisiors. Despite this, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...