A comparison of nasogastric tube insertion techniques without using other instruments in anesthetized and intubated patients

摘要

BACKGROUND AND OBJECTIVESSeveral techniques are available to facilitate nasogastric (NG) tube insertion with or without using other instruments to guide the NG tube to the stomach. This study aimed to determine the success rate and time required for inserting NG tube by 2 non-instrumental methods of NG tube insertion and compare the findings with the common method of NG tube insertion.