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Echography for nasogastric tube placement verification

European Journal of Clinical Nutrition volume 71, pages 669–670 (2017)Cite this article

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To report the interest of abdominal ultrasonography for confirming the appropriate location of nasogastric tube (NGT) in the stomach using a new dynamic test, and to illustrate the aspect of this test at ultrasonography. Clinical observation of a patient, images of abdominal ultrasonography and video of the stomach visualized by ultrasonography. We describe the video of a critically ill patient in whom, immediately after NGT insertion, aspiration of gastric liquid and instillation within the NGT was associated with ultrasonographic evidence of turbulences in the stomach. In addition to the direct visualization of the NGT in the stomach, ultrasonographic visualization of turbulences after aspiration and instillation of gastric liquid may allow to assess the appropriate positioning of the NGT.

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Prof. Capellier has consulted for Gambro, received grant support from General Electric, payment for development of educational presentations from LFB and travel reimbursements from the 'Don Du Souffle Franche Comte' foundation.

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  1. G Piton & G Capellier

    Present address: 4Present address: Research Unit EA 3920 and SFR FED 4234, University of Franche Comté, Besançon, France.,

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  1. Department of Medical Intensive Care, Besançon University Hospital, Boulevard Fleming, Besançon, France

    G Piton, R Parel & G Capellier

  2. Department of Visceral Radiology, Besançon University Hospital, Boulevard Fleming, Besançon, France

    E Delabrousse

  3. Department of Epidemiology and Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, School of Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences, Clayton, Australia

    G Capellier

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Piton, G., Parel, R., Delabrousse, E. et al. Echography for nasogastric tube placement verification. Eur J Clin Nutr 71, 669–670 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1038/ejcn.2016.276

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