Nasogastric Tube (NG): An NG tube passes through the nose, down the throat and esophagus and ends in the stomach. Sometimes the doctor will decide that it’s safer to give nutrition past the stomach, ...

Nasogastric tubes pose very few risks when used correctly, but there is the possibility of side effects. Common complications include discomfort from placing and removing the tubes, sinusitis, or ...

In nasogastric (NG) intubation, a thin tube is placed through your nose into your stomach. Learn why this procedure is used and what it involves.

Nasogastric tube feeding is understandably associated with an increased risk of reflux and microaspiration. In 54 critically ill individuals, technetium-99m-labeled sulfur colloid was added to ...

Introduction. Fine-bore nasogastric (NG) tubes are passed through the nasal cavity, down the oesophagus and into the stomach (Fig 1). Commonly made of polyurethane or silicone, NG tubes for adults are ...

Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.

Orogastric and nasogastric tubes are used for both decompression and feeding in the NICU. The placement and use of these tubes are one of the most frequent nursing procedures in the NICU.

PITTSBURGH, March 11, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "I'm a registered nurse and I wanted to create an improved way to stabilize a patient's nasogastric tube," said an inventor, from Tifton, Ga., "so I ...

Further analysis in an adjusted model demonstrated that nasogastric tube feeding was a significant risk factor for pneumonia (aHR = 1.41; 95% CI, 1.08-1.85), according to researchers.

Nearly 30 patients have died after blundering NHS staff misplaced feeding tubes into their airways, MailOnline can reveal.. Over the past five years, 145 incidents of wrongly inserted nasogastric ...