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Nasogastric tube
A tube placed through the nose into the stomach to decompress the stomach or infuse medications or nutrition.
Dr. Janak Acharya reviewed this
22 years experience
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A 32-year old asked:
What is a nasogastric tube used for?
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A 28-year old male asked:
What is the definition or description of: nasogastric tube?
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A 29-year old asked:
What does the procedure for nasogastric tube removal entail?
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A 34-year old asked:
How can you give medication if the nasogastric tube is blocked?
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A 45-year old asked:
There are medical reasons that require feeding a baby through a nasogastric tube?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is prolonged nasogastric tube feeding ok?
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A 40-year old asked:
What is nasogastric tube feeding used for?
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A 43-year old asked:
Can a nasogastric tube help in the case of bulimia?
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A 38-year old asked:
Differences between gastrostomy and nasogastric tube.?
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A 36-year old asked:
When do patients need to be fed through a nasogastric tube?
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A 31-year old asked:
When would you aspirate an nasogastric tube? What are you looking for?
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A 46-year old asked:
Is it ok if they left my nasogastric tube unchanged for more than two weeks?
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A 44-year old asked:
Is it cruel to feed someone through a nasogastric tube or esophagostomy tube?
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A 38-year old asked:
What medical reasons that require feeding a patient through a nasogastric tube.?
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A 29-year old asked:
The typical amount one might suction via nasogastric tube from a patient overnight?
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A 38-year old asked:
Can a nasogastric tube help internal bleeding?
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A 48-year old asked:
What are the differences between gastrostomy tube and nasogastric tube?
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A 47-year old asked:
What happens if a sundowning patient keeps pulling their nasogastric tube out?
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A 24-year old female asked:
While removing nasogastric tube from the client, what should the client do? Either take a deep breath and hold or take a deep breath and exhale slowly
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A 30-year old asked:
Nasogastric tube in preemie have long term effects?
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A 29-year old female asked:
My tube are tied and i want more kids?
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A 35-year old female asked:
What are the symptoms for blocked tubes?
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A 31-year old female asked:
And I dnt have both tubes so what might be the problem?
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A 44-year old female asked:
What are the signs when u need to have ur tubes taken out?
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A 32-year old female asked:
What does it feel like if my tubes came untied and what does it feel like?
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A 32-year old female asked:
What are my chances that my tubes can come untied by itself have that ever happened ?
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A 45-year old asked:
What's a feeding tube for?
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What is an NJ feeding tube?
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A 46-year old asked:
What is the use of a ng tube?
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A 18-year old male asked:
When should I get tube feeding.
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