Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity
(2014)
Journal Article
Taylor, S., Allan, K., McWilliam, H., Manara, A., Brown, J., Toher, D., & Rayner, W. (2014). Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity. British Journal of Nursing, 23(7), 352-358. https://doi.org/10.12968/bjon.2014.23.7.352
Recent evidence suggests official statistics greatly underestimate the occurrence of complications from misplaced nasogastric (NG) tubes, even when detected. Current methods of confirming tube position do not provide adequate protection from misplace... Read More about Confirming nasogastric tube position with electromagnetic tracking versus pH or X-ray and tube radio-opacity.