Rhinosinusitis; A Potential Hazard of Nasogastric Tube Insertion

The nasogastric tube has been used frequently for enteral feeding and as an intranasal oxygen catheter. This practice is however associated with complications. We present a case of rhinosinusitis and sepsis in a diabetic patient following the insertion of a nasogastric tube. Physicians should be awa...

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Autores principales: Adeyemo, Adebolajo A., Fasunla, Ayotunde J., Adeosun, Aderemi A., Abdullahi, Hamisu
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital, Ibadan 2007
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4110988/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161433
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author Adeyemo, Adebolajo A.
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description The nasogastric tube has been used frequently for enteral feeding and as an intranasal oxygen catheter. This practice is however associated with complications. We present a case of rhinosinusitis and sepsis in a diabetic patient following the insertion of a nasogastric tube. Physicians should be aware of sinusitis as a possible cause of sepsis in patients with nasogastric tube insertion.
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spelling pubmed-41109882014-08-26 Rhinosinusitis; A Potential Hazard of Nasogastric Tube Insertion Adeyemo, Adebolajo A. Fasunla, Ayotunde J. Adeosun, Aderemi A. Abdullahi, Hamisu Ann Ib Postgrad Med Case Report The nasogastric tube has been used frequently for enteral feeding and as an intranasal oxygen catheter. This practice is however associated with complications. We present a case of rhinosinusitis and sepsis in a diabetic patient following the insertion of a nasogastric tube. Physicians should be aware of sinusitis as a possible cause of sepsis in patients with nasogastric tube insertion. Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital, Ibadan 2007-06 /pmc/articles/PMC4110988/ /pubmed/25161433 Text en © Association of Resident Doctors, UCH, Ibadan http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/ This is an open access article licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0) which permits unrestricted, non-commercial use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the work is properly cited.
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25161433
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