Verifying the Placement of Nasogastric Tubes at an Emergency Center: Comparison of Ultrasound with Chest Radiograph
Joint Authors
Pamukçu Günaydın, Gül
Gökhan, Şervan
Özhasenekler, Ayhan
Yıldırım, Çağdaş
Coşkun, Selçuk
Özkula, Uğur
Source
Emergency Medicine International
Issue
Vol. 2018, Issue 2018 (31 Dec. 2018), pp.1-6, 6 p.
Publisher
Hindawi Publishing Corporation
Publication Date
2018-12-18
Country of Publication
Egypt
No. of Pages
6
Main Subjects
Abstract EN
The objective of this study was to verify the nasogastric tube position with neck ultrasound and subxiphoid ultrasound, by giving air-water mixture and auscultation and to compare the effectiveness of these methods with chest radiography.
This is a single-center, prospective, single-blind study.
Patients who were admitted to our emergency department and had an indication of nasogastric tube placement were included.
Nasogastric tube localization was verified with neck ultrasound and subxiphoid ultrasound, by giving air-water mixture, auscultation, and direct radiography that was accepted as the ‘gold standard technique’.
A total of 49 patients (27 Male, 22 Female) with a mean age of 58.3±22.7 years were included.
Sensitivity of neck ultrasound was 91.5%, and positive predictive value was 100%.
As for the subxiphoid ultrasound sensitivity was 78.72%.
When neck ultrasound + subxiphoid ultrasound and giving water-air mixture were combined sensitivity reached 95.74%.
Sensitivity of neck ultrasound + subxiphoid ultrasound + air-water mixture + auscultation was 97.87% and positive predictive value was 100%.
In the light of our results, neck and subxiphoid ultrasound seem to be an alternative method for verifying nasogastric tube localization.
Combination of the air-water mixture and auscultation with ultrasound improves the sensitivity.
American Psychological Association (APA)
Yıldırım, Çağdaş& Coşkun, Selçuk& Gökhan, Şervan& Pamukçu Günaydın, Gül& Özhasenekler, Ayhan& Özkula, Uğur. 2018. Verifying the Placement of Nasogastric Tubes at an Emergency Center: Comparison of Ultrasound with Chest Radiograph. Emergency Medicine International،Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1157052
Modern Language Association (MLA)
Yıldırım, Çağdaş…[et al.]. Verifying the Placement of Nasogastric Tubes at an Emergency Center: Comparison of Ultrasound with Chest Radiograph. Emergency Medicine International No. 2018 (2018), pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1157052
American Medical Association (AMA)
Yıldırım, Çağdaş& Coşkun, Selçuk& Gökhan, Şervan& Pamukçu Günaydın, Gül& Özhasenekler, Ayhan& Özkula, Uğur. Verifying the Placement of Nasogastric Tubes at an Emergency Center: Comparison of Ultrasound with Chest Radiograph. Emergency Medicine International. 2018. Vol. 2018, no. 2018, pp.1-6.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1157052
Data Type
Journal Articles
Language
English
Notes
Includes bibliographical references
Record ID
BIM-1157052