The nasogastric tube is stuck - and causes coughing and dyspnoea: A rare complication.

Autor: Walldorf J; Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120 Halle, Germany. Electronic address: jens.walldorf@uk-halle.de., Michl P; Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120 Halle, Germany., Krug S; Department of Internal Medicine I, Martin-Luther-University of Halle-Wittenberg, Ernst-Grube-Straße 40, 06120 Halle, Germany.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Intensive & critical care nursing [Intensive Crit Care Nurs] 2020 Apr; Vol. 57, pp. 102786. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Dec 24.
DOI: 10.1016/j.iccn.2019.102786
Abstrakt: For critically ill patients, it is very important that enteral nutrition is established as early as possible. Nasogastric tubes are commonly used for transient enteral nutrition and are generally considered safe to use and handle. However, in unconscious patients special care is needed to detect - possibly life threatening - complications. Here we report the case of a nasogastric tube, which inadvertently looped around the epiglottis. The symptoms and treatment of this rare complication are described and possible measures to prevent this situation are discussed.
Competing Interests: Declaration of Competing Interest The authors declare that they have no known competing financial interests or personal relationships that could have appeared to influence the work reported in this paper.
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Databáze: MEDLINE
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