title: Nasogastric and nasoenteric feeding tubes.
abstract: This article discusses the placement of nasogastric and nasoenteric feeding tubes using blind, pH, magnetic, sonagraphic, electromyogram, fluoroscopic, and endoscopic-assisted techniques. Bedside tests to ensure appropriate tube location are detailed. The complications of inappropriately-located tubes are listed, and methods to reduce adverse side effects are given.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-5271, USA.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Levy
mesh_terms: D004576:Electromyography; D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D004867:Equipment Design; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005471:Fluoroscopy; D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use; D005769:Gastrointestinal Motility / Q000187:drug effects; D006801:Humans; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation* / Q000379:methods; D008280:Magnetics; D010362:Patients' Rooms; D015641:Radiography, Interventional; D018084:Ultrasonography, Interventional
chemical_list: D005765:Gastrointestinal Agents