Placing a gastric tube in a term or preterm infant is a multiple step process involving a series of decisions. The initial decision-making involves determining the type and size of tube to use ...
Nasogastric Tube (NG): An NG tube passes through the nose, down the throat and esophagus and ends in the stomach. Sometimes the doctor will decide that it’s safer to give nutrition past the stomach, ...
The size of the feeding tube used should be ... If the tube has been successfully placed, air will be heard gurgling in the stomach. Some tubes have a radio-dense marker that can be seen on ...
Gastric tubes are available in a variety of materials, sizes and configurations. The composition of a medical device should be determined by the environment in which it is meant to reside and the ...
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