Assessment of a New Method to Verify Feeding Tube Placement by Syringe Aspiration in a Porcine Model

Assessment of a New Method to Verify Feeding Tube Placement by Syringe Aspiration in a Porcine Model

Background: Malpositioned feeding tubes carry the risk of serious complications. However, common bedside methods of differentiating tracheal from gastric feeding tube placement are neither accurate nor practical. Therefore, we conducted an animal study to verify feeding tube placement by syringe asp...

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Main Authors: Hung-Jung Lin, Ning-Ping Foo, How-Ran Guo, Chih-Chan Lin, Chun-Chang Lin, Kuo-Tai Chen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Taiwan Society of Geriatric Emergency and Critical Medicine (TSGECM) 2012-09-01
Series:International Journal of Gerontology
Subjects:
complications
feeding tube
placement verification
syringe aspiration
tube insertion
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1873959812000415

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