Nasogastric tube placement in critically ill patients-stay alert!

J Card Surg. 2021 Apr;36(4):1546-1547. doi: 10.1111/jocs.15435. Epub 2021 Feb 18.

Authors

Paul Werner¹, Martin H Bernardi², Guenther Laufer¹, Dominik Wiedemann¹

Affiliations

¹ Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.
² Division of Cardiac Thoracic Vascular Anesthesia and Intensive Care Medicine, Department of Anesthesia, Intensive Care Medicine and Pain Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.

No abstract available

Keywords: complications; nasogastric tube; tube mispositioning.

MeSH terms

Critical Illness*
Humans
Intensive Care Units*
Intubation, Gastrointestinal