Question regarding nasogastric tube
Hi I am on my assistantship at the moment.
I encountered a patient today and had inserted an NG tube under supervision. We failed aspiration and requested CXR. A doctor 2 hours later managed to get an aspirate and it was <5.0 but the CXR came back where the tube had bisected carina fine but was not below diaphragm. He though it was at GOJ and said not to use.
In this case then would we ignore what the aspirate suggests?
I'm asking here as wasn't able to get an answer today and the assistantship has now finished haha.
Thank you
I encountered a patient today and had inserted an NG tube under supervision. We failed aspiration and requested CXR. A doctor 2 hours later managed to get an aspirate and it was <5.0 but the CXR came back where the tube had bisected carina fine but was not below diaphragm. He though it was at GOJ and said not to use.
In this case then would we ignore what the aspirate suggests?
I'm asking here as wasn't able to get an answer today and the assistantship has now finished haha.
Thank you
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