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Self‐knotting of distal end of nasogastric tube—Not an uncommon possibility

IMPORTANCE: A nasogastric tube is used commonly to decompress the stomach and provide enteral feeding in surgical and medical practice. Sometimes this safe and innocent‐looking tube may lead to unexpected complications. We focus here on the possibility of spontaneous ‘lariat loop’ knotting of the na...

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Autores principales: Kumar Sinha, Amit, Ahmad, Sohail, Rashi, Rashi, Kumar, Amit, Kumar, Bindey
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley and Sons Inc. 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7331391/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32851360
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ped4.12180