Ultrasound-guided nasogastric tube placement in a pediatric emergency department.
Takaaki MoriHirokazu TakeiTakateru IharaYusuke HagiwaraOsamu NomuraPublished in: Journal of clinical ultrasound : JCU (2020)
Nasogastric tube (NGT) insertion is commonly performed in pediatric emergency care. Point-of-care ultrasound is used for confirming NGT insertion, but reports of its use in the pediatric emergency department (ED) are scarce. We describe our experience of ultrasound-guided NGT placement in a pediatric ED. The study pool consisted of twelve patients and the NGT tip was successfully visualized in the esophagus and gastric cardia in all cases, demonstrating that ultrasound has the potential to be a useful alternative to conventional methods of NGT insertion in the pediatric ED.
Keyphrases
- emergency department
- ultrasound guided
- magnetic resonance imaging
- healthcare
- end stage renal disease
- fine needle aspiration
- palliative care
- public health
- computed tomography
- chronic kidney disease
- adverse drug
- risk assessment
- prognostic factors
- quality improvement
- patient reported outcomes
- electronic health record