title: Pneumothorax after nasoenteral feeding tube placement.
abstract: Nasoenteral tubes are placed routinely for feeding in patients in intensive care units and medical-surgical floor settings. Safe placement in the stomach/postpyloric location is performed by a wide array of medical personnel. We report a patient with placement of a nasoenteral tube into the pleural cavity.
authors.affiliation: Department of Surgery, Lankenau Hospital, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania, USA.
authors.forename: J P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Kaufman
authors.forename: W B
authors.initials: WB
authors.lastname: Hughes
authors.forename: M D
authors.initials: MD
authors.lastname: Kerstein
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D011030:Pneumothorax / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000209:etiology*