Sengstaken-Blakemore Tube vs Minnesota Tube The Minnesota tube is a variation of the Sengstaken-Blakemore tube. The Minnesota tube has a fourth port that pulls out air and fluid from the esophagus.

Orogastric and nasogastric tubes are used for both decompression and feeding in the NICU. The placement and use of these tubes are one of the most frequent nursing procedures in the NICU. These ...

LONDON (AP) — Three senior leaders at the English hospital where nurse Lucy Letby was convicted of murdering seven babies and trying to kill seven others were arrested on suspicion of ...

This is called enteral tube feeding. The tube passes through their nose into their stomach (a nasogastric tube), or is inserted into the stomach through a small cut in their belly (percutaneous ...

Overnight NGT feeding is regarded as high risk for aspiration in children on NIV, despite lack of evidence tosupport this. Local strategies mitigate aspiration risk by using bolus rather than ...

A female in her 60s with lateral tongue squamous cell carcinoma (T2N0M0) underwent wide local excision of the right lateral tongue, neck dissection and radial forearm free flap reconstruction. Prior ...