This is the second of two articles on nasogastric tube insertion, which explains the procedure for adults. This is a Self-assessment article and comes with a self-assessment test NT Self-assessment ...

Knotting or looping of nasogastric tubes when in situ can distress the patient on removal. Nurses should know how to recognise and respond to the situation This article discusses how looping or ...

nasal nerve block Recommendations include clinician education, use of gastric pH measurement, radiographs. HealthDay News &mash; Recommendations on best practices for nasogastric tube (NGT) placement ...

A 60-year patient with personal history of tobacco and bronchopneumonia was admitted to the intensive care unit (ICU) for acute respiratory failure secondary to infectious pneumonia requiring ...

Brigid’s Path, Ohio’s first newborn recovery center, is now able to provide nasogastric tube feeding for infants exposed to addictive substances. Nurses at the Kettering nonprofit say this new ...

A nasogastric tube goes into your nose and down to your stomach to give you nutrients and hydration if you have difficulty swallowing. The thin, soft tube is flexible and allows food to enter the ...

A healthy nurse has been praised by hundreds of people online after she spent the day with a nasal gastric tube - just so she could better empathise with her patients. Dorcas Boamah, 27, often has to ...

Patients who are too ill to eat have been fed by temporary tubes for many years. But, large numbers of nursing homes are now rejecting these tubes in favor of tubes that are implanted into the stomach ...

Preterm infants are vulnerable to pathogens and at risk of developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or sepsis. Nasogastric feeding tubes (NG-tubes) might contaminate feeds given through them due to ...