Hard and Granny Tie, Nasogastric Tube Knotted in Nasopharynx: A Case Report

Nasogastric tubes are being used in clinical anaesthesia settings on a daily basis. Although rare, knotting could occur during insertion or removal. Here, we report a knotted nasogastric tube which stocked in patient’s nasopharynx that was removed by using a pediatric bougie. Clinicians must be awar...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores principales: Nashibi, Masoud, Safari, Farhad, Sezari, Parisa, Naderi, Ahamd, Mottaghi, Kamran
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: AVES 2021
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10335722/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35110150
http://dx.doi.org/10.5152/TJAR.2021.301
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Sumario:Nasogastric tubes are being used in clinical anaesthesia settings on a daily basis. Although rare, knotting could occur during insertion or removal. Here, we report a knotted nasogastric tube which stocked in patient’s nasopharynx that was removed by using a pediatric bougie. Clinicians must be aware of potential knotting of nasogastric tube. Pediatric bougie could be utile if knotted tube gets stocked in nasopharynx.

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