title: Acute complications associated with bedside placement of feeding tubes.
abstract: Several types of feeding tubes can be placed at a patient's bedside; examples include nasogastric, nasointestinal, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes. Nasoenteral tubes can be placed blindly at bedside or with the assistance of placement devices. Nasoenteric tubes can also be placed via fluoroscopy and endoscopy. Gastrostomy and jejunostomy tubes can be placed using endoscopic techniques. This paper will describe the indications and contraindications for different types of tubes that can be placed at the bedside and complications associated with tube placement. Complications associated with nasoenteral tubes include inadvertent malpositioning of the tube, epistaxis, sinusitis, inadvertent tube removal, tube clogging, tube-feeding-associated diarrhea, and aspiration pneumonia. Complications from percutaneous gastrostomy and jejunostomy tube placements include procedure-related mishaps, site infection, leakage, buried bumper syndrome, tube malfunction, and inadvertent removal. These complications will be reviewed, along with a discussion of incidence, cause, treatment, and prevention approaches.
authors.affiliation: University of Illinois College of Medicine at Rockford, 401 Roxbury Road, Rockford, IL 61107-5078, USA. drbaskin@rockfordgi.com
authors.forename: William N
authors.initials: WN
authors.lastname: Baskin
mesh_terms: D016099:Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D004866:Equipment Contamination; D004868:Equipment Failure; D005471:Fluoroscopy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D005774:Gastrostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D007582:Jejunostomy / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000517:prevention & control*; D016896:Treatment Outcome