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Inadvertent insertion of a nasogastric tube into both main bronchi of an awake patient: a case report

The use of nasogastric tube is desirable for the short-term administration of calories when oral feeding is not possible. Although the insertion of nasogastric tubes has been described as being easy this is not without risks. An unusual case of malpositioning of a fine bore nasogastric tube into bot...

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Autor principal: Takwoingi, Yohanna M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Cases Network Ltd 2009
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2740307/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19829883
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1757-1626-2-6914