Endoscopically-assisted duodenal feeding tube placement using a nasogastric tube: Preliminary two-year experience
Journal
Journal of the Formosan Medical Association
Journal Volume
95
Journal Issue
9
Pages
715-718
Date Issued
1996
Author(s)
Abstract
Our initial 2-year experience using a new technique of nasoduodenal feeding tube placement with a soft nasogastric tube is presented. This technique was used for patients with major burns to initiate early, safe enteral feeding. With the use of double loops in the tube and endoscopic assistance, the placement of the nasogastric tube beyond the second portion of the duodenum was accomplished in approximately 20 minutes. A method of transpyloric duodenal intubation using a soft, unstented nasogastric tube that allowed rapid bedside nasoduodenal intubation, with the patient in the supine position, was used. The tube placement technique minimizes the suffering of critically ill patients and the labor of clinicians performing the tube placement.
Subjects
endoscopy; nasoduodenal intubation; nasogastric tube
SDGs
Other Subjects
article; critical illness; endoscopy; human; intubation; nasogastric tube; technique; tube feeding; Burns; Critical Care; Duodenoscopy; Enteral Nutrition; Humans; Intubation, Gastrointestinal
Type
journal article