Aspiration pneumonia caused by inadvertent insertion of gastric tube in an obtunded patient postoperatively.
A nasogastric feeding tube is commonly inserted to facilitate patient meeting nutritional needs after oral surgery. But sometimes incorrect position may cause a severe iatrogenic damage. The authors present a case of an aspiration pneumonia complication with the result of malposition of nasogastric tube while the patient was intubated postoperatively. He recovered 3 weeks later with antibody therapy.
Anaesthesiology Department, EENT Hospital, Shanghai, China.
Zhang
Z
Xu
Wenxian
W
Li
D006801:Humans; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011015:Pneumonia, Aspiration / Q000209:etiology*; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000209:etiology*; D053608:Stupor / Q000150:complications*