If a rabbit is ill or will be undergoing certain types of surgery, it may need to be fed using a nasogastric tube. Nasogastric intubation is easy and is an effective means of delivering nutrition and ...

Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.

Nasogastric tube placement is a cornerstone in supportive and critical care, used not only for nutritional support but also for medication administration and gastrointestinal decompression. Despite ...

This second of two articles on nasogastric tube insertion explains the procedure for adults. This is a Self-assessment article and comes with a self-assessment test. Abstract This second article on ...

NHS staff have told a safety watchdog rules on how to avoid mistakenly putting a feeding tube into patients’ lungs are “too long to read”. The Healthcare Safety Investigation Branch revealed some NHS ...