RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Aspiration pneumonia caused by inadvertent insertion of gastric tube in an obtunded patient postoperatively
JF BMJ Case Reports
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP bcr0620114411
DO 10.1136/bcr.06.2011.4411
VO 2011
A1 Xu, Zhang
A1 Li, Wenxian
YR 2011
UL http://casereports.bmj.com/content/2011/bcr.06.2011.4411.abstract
AB A nasogastric feeding tube is commonly inserted to facilitate patient meeting nutritional needs after oral surgery. But sometimes incorrect position may cause a severe iatrogenic damage. The authors present a case of an aspiration pneumonia complication with the result of malposition of nasogastric tube while the patient was intubated postoperatively. He recovered 3 weeks later with antibody therapy.