Journal article
Pneumothorax Complicating Small-Bore Feeding Tube Placement
Archives of internal medicine (1960), v 151(3), pp 599-602
01 Mar 1991
PMID: 1848058
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Abstract
Small-bore Silastic feeding tubes are being used with increasing frequency for short- and long-term enteral hyperalimentation. We present three cases where these flexible tubes were passed into the tracheobronchial tree and then out into the pleural space. The result in each case was a pneumothorax or hydropneumothorax. These cases were collected at one community hospital over a 6-month period. A review of the current literature reveals reports of 10 similar cases. We conclude that, although the exact incidence of pleural complications of small-bore feeding tubes is unknown, it is not insignificant. The traditional methods of assessing proper nasogastric tube placement are inadequate when applied to these small tubes. Only a chest roentgenogram can assure placement in the stomach. Education of hospital staff on methods to avoid malposition of feeding tubes has resulted in an absence of pulmonary complications over a subsequent 1-year period.(Arch Intern Med. 1991;151:599-602)
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- Title
- Pneumothorax Complicating Small-Bore Feeding Tube Placement
- Creators
- Gary D Wendell - Hahnemann University HospitalGregory S LenchnerRobert A Promisloff
- Publication Details
- Archives of internal medicine (1960), v 151(3), pp 599-602
- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Resource Type
- Journal article
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Medicine (Graduate)
- Web of Science ID
- WOS:A1991FA76800025
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-0026073263
- Other Identifier
- 991019174630204721
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