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Age and Ageing Vol. 34 No. 1 © British Geriatrics Society 2004; all rights reserved

Case Report

An unusual and overlooked complication of nasogastric tube feeding

Amit Arora, Christine Roffe and Peter Crome

Department of Geriatric Medicine, School of Medicine, Keele University, Stoke on Trent, UK

Address correspondence to: A. Arora. Email: amitmonaarora{at}hotmail.com

Rechecking the position of the nasogastric tube after oropharyngeal suction is not common practice. Our patient deteriorated after oropharyngeal suction was performed, whilst nasogastric feeding continued. We suggest that nasogastric feeding should be stopped during oropharyngeal suction and the tube position should be checked every time an oropharyngeal suction is performed.

Keywords: nasogastric feeding, oropharyngeal suction, complications, elderly

Received July 22, 2004; accepted in revised form July 29, 2004.


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