# Confirmation of Nasogastric Tube Placement

- Link: https://sifsof.com/clinical-apps/confirmation-of-nasogastric-tube-placement/
- Published: 2020-02-20T01:34:38+00:00
- Author: Developer

Ultrasound provides good diagnostic accuracy in the confirmation of appropriate
Nasogastric tube placement.

 Gastric tubes are commonly used for giving drugs and nutrition directly into the
gastrointestinal tract (tube that digests food) for people who are unable to swallow.
Feeding via a tube that is misplaced in the trachea (wind pipe) can result in severe
pneumonia (infection of the lungs).

 Although Nasogastric Tube (NG) tube application is generally considered safe, it
can result in complications such as pneumothorax, pneumomediastinum, subcutaneous
emphysema, pneumonia, pulmonary hemorrhage, empyema, hemothorax, mediastinitis, 
bronchopleural fistula, perforation

Therefore, confirmation of tube placement in the stomach after tube insertion is
important. Gastric tubes are also used to reduce the pressure of the stomach after
providing breathing assistance through masks, which is mainly used in resuscitation.

### **Which ultrasound is best for Confirmation of Nasogastric Tube Placement?**

 The [SIFULTRAS-5.42](https://sifsof.com/product/double-head-wifi-color-ultrasound-scanner-sifultras-5-42-fda/)
as, a 7.5 MHz linear probe is used for neck visualization at the level of cricoid
membrane. A 3.5 MHz convex probe was used to visualize subxiphoid and gastroesophageal
region. 

 Rapid and safe placement of the nasogastric tube is one of the most common and 
life-saving procedures in emergency department (ED).

Hence comes in the ultrasound scanner as a widely available, easy applicable, provides
repetitive evaluations, bedside evaluation, fast, cheap, lack of ionizing radiation,
high spatial resolution, and provides dynamic imaging.

 Ultrasonography is useful for confirming the results of auscultation after NGT 
insertion among patients with low consciousness at an emergency center. When ultrasound
findings suggest that the NGT placement is not gastric, additional chest X-ray should
be performed.

 Ultrasonography is convenient, fast, noninvasive, and has been widely used as a
diagnostic examination technique since its introduction. It has almost no spatial
or temporal restrictions, and its effectiveness as a diagnostic tool and procedure
has been established worldwide. 

 Verifying NGT placement with ultrasonography has the potential to reduce complications,
save time, and reduce unnecessary radiation exposure.

 The assessment of the proper EFT through abdominal US is practical and safe, with
fast execution and possibly associated with satisfactory diagnostic accuracy.

  This procedure is typically performed by an **[Emergency Medicine Specialist](https://sifsof.com/product-category/doctor-specialties/emergency-medicine-specialist/)**.

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