Iatrogenic empyema secondary to the malposition of a nasogastric tube

Blind NGT insertion can lead to tube misplacement into the respiratory tract. This can lead to multiple pulmonary complications including lung injury, pneumothorax, pneumonia, empyema and diaphragmatic injury. We present the case of an 80 year‐old female who required an NGT insertion for severe orop...

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Autores principales: Chan, Daryl Emery Chee Yeow, Mansour, Verena, Ting, Aaron, Gupta, Saurabh, Frankel, Anthony
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: John Wiley & Sons, Ltd 2022
Materias:
Case Reports
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9464539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36111323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1039

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9464539/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/36111323
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/rcr2.1039

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