The difficult intraoperative nasogastric tube intubation: A review of the literature and a novel approach

Nasogastric tube intubation of a patient under general anesthesia with an endotracheal tube in place can pose a challenge to the most experienced anesthesiologist. Physiologic and pathologic variations in a patient’s functional anatomy can present further difficulty. While numerous techniques to the...

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Main Authors: Yiu-Hei Ching, Stephanie M Socias, David J Ciesla, Rachel A Karlnoski, Enrico M Camporesi, Devanand Mangar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SAGE Publishing 2014-03-01
Series:SAGE Open Medicine
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1177/2050312114524390