A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube

Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are widely used and generally harmless as such, complications are uncommon. NGT knotting is one such complication. We report a 45-month-old female with spontaneously knotted NGT that was identified and safely removed without complications. NGT knotting detection needs a high...

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Autores principales: Tsandiraki, Justin, Tendai, Joylene, Likiliwike, Arnold D, Moirana, Ezekiel N, Msuya, David, Tarmohamed, Murad
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2022
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Case Report
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac338
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author Tsandiraki, Justin
Tendai, Joylene
Likiliwike, Arnold D
Moirana, Ezekiel N
Msuya, David
Tarmohamed, Murad
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Tendai, Joylene
Likiliwike, Arnold D
Moirana, Ezekiel N
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description Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are widely used and generally harmless as such, complications are uncommon. NGT knotting is one such complication. We report a 45-month-old female with spontaneously knotted NGT that was identified and safely removed without complications. NGT knotting detection needs a high index of suspicion; if not detected and managed in a proper way, it may lead to severe complications. We discuss this case to raise awareness of this complication and how to minimize the likelihood of it happening and improve patient outcome.
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spelling pubmed-93106382022-07-26 A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube Tsandiraki, Justin Tendai, Joylene Likiliwike, Arnold D Moirana, Ezekiel N Msuya, David Tarmohamed, Murad J Surg Case Rep Case Report Nasogastric tubes (NGT) are widely used and generally harmless as such, complications are uncommon. NGT knotting is one such complication. We report a 45-month-old female with spontaneously knotted NGT that was identified and safely removed without complications. NGT knotting detection needs a high index of suspicion; if not detected and managed in a proper way, it may lead to severe complications. We discuss this case to raise awareness of this complication and how to minimize the likelihood of it happening and improve patient outcome. Oxford University Press 2022-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC9310638/ /pubmed/35898599 http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac338 Text en Published by Oxford University Press and JSCR Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. © The Author(s) 2022. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/), which permits non-commercial re-use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. For commercial re-use, please contact journals.permissions@oup.com
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Tsandiraki, Justin
Tendai, Joylene
Likiliwike, Arnold D
Moirana, Ezekiel N
Msuya, David
Tarmohamed, Murad
A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube
title A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube
title_full A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube
title_fullStr A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube
title_full_unstemmed A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube
title_short A stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube
title_sort stubborn nasogastric tube: self-knotting of a nasogastric tube
topic Case Report
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9310638/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35898599
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/jscr/rjac338
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