Confirming nasogastric tube position: Methods and restrictions: A narrative review

Confirming nasogastric tube position: Methods and restrictions: A narrative review

Background and Purpose: Inserting a nasogastric tube, though a common clinical procedure with widespread use for critically ill patients, can produce unexpected complications so that tube misplacement into the lungs is a potential complication with serious consequences. The reliability of common bed...

Full description

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Mehdi Rahimi, Khosro Farhadi, Hossein Ashtarian, Frahnaz Changaei
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2015-01-01
Series:Journal of Nursing and Midwifery Sciences
Subjects:
limitations
confirmation
nasogastric tube
tube position
Online Access:http://www.jnmsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2345-5756;year=2015;volume=2;issue=1;spage=55;epage=62;aulast=Rahimi;type=0

Internet

http://www.jnmsjournal.org/article.asp?issn=2345-5756;year=2015;volume=2;issue=1;spage=55;epage=62;aulast=Rahimi;type=0

Similar Items