The Forgotten Complication of Nasogastric Tube Insertion: Esophageal Perforation and Associated Hydropneumothorax and Hydropneumoperitoneum

Nutritional support is essential for critically ill patients to reduce mortality and length of stay. Frequently nasogastric (NG) tubes are used to provide enteral nutrition. A very rare risk of NG tube placement is esophageal perforation, most commonly in the thoracic portion of the esophagus. Here...

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Autores principales: Gidda, Harish, Mansour, Mohamed, Singh, Inderpal, Nashed, Bola, Ventimiglia, William
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cureus 2023
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Internal Medicine
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10246430/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37292540
http://dx.doi.org/10.7759/cureus.38699

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