Orogastric tube insertion using the new gastric tube guide: first experiences from a manikin study

Orogastric tube insertion using the new gastric tube guide: first experiences from a manikin study

Abstract Background Orogastric tube placement is a common procedure routinely used in clinical anesthesiology and intensive care medicine. Nevertheless high failure rates and severe complications have been reported. We conducted this study to evaluate if the usage of the new gastric tube guide would...

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Main Authors: Christian Alflen, Marc Kriege, Irene Schmidtmann, Rüdiger R. Noppens, Tim Piepho
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-04-01
Series:BMC Anesthesiology
Subjects:
Gastric tube guide
Orogastric tube
Nasogastric tube
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12871-017-0343-1

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