title: How to pass a nasogastric tube.
abstract: The passage of a nasogastric tube may be met with some difficulty. The indications and contraindications for, and the method of insertion of, the tube are described, as are the difficulties that may be encountered, their solutions, and the complications that may result from the procedure.
authors.affiliation: Intensive Therapy Unit, Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Birmingham.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Dyer
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Ashton
mesh_terms: D001314:Auscultation; D006801:Humans; D007327:Insufflation; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D013396:Suction