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“Nutrothorax” complicating a misplaced nasogastric feeding tube in a severely ill patient

Introduction of nasogastric feeding tubes is usually blindly performed and is generally considered a safe procedure. However, the rate of complications of a blind insertion technique varies from 0.3 to 15%, and is usually related to inadvertent insertion of nasogastric tubes into the trachea and dis...

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Autores principales: Felipe-Silva, Aloísio, de Campos, Fernando Peixoto Ferraz
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: São Paulo, SP: Universidade de São Paulo, Hospital Universitário 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6735641/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31528557
http://dx.doi.org/10.4322/acr.2012.003