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Case Reports
. 2022 Feb 16;10(5):1598-1601.
doi: 10.12998/wjcc.v10.i5.1598.

Uncommon complication of nasoenteral feeding tube: A case report

Yong-Po Jiang  1 , Sheng Zhang  1 , Rong-Hai Lin  2
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Case Reports

Uncommon complication of nasoenteral feeding tube: A case report

Yong-Po Jiang et al. World J Clin Cases. .

Abstract

Background: The jejunal nutrition tube has increasingly been used in clinical practice, and the results in frequent complications.

Case summary: We present the case of a 74-year-old male patient who had been admitted to the intensive care unit for aspiration pneumonia and respiratory failure. When confirming the position of the jejunal tube by X-ray, we found that the feeding tube had been placed into the chest. The complications was a disaster, though the misplacement of jejunal feeding tube are uncommon.

Conclusion: We introduced a way of ultrasound-guided jejunum feeding tube placement to avert the disaster, which was convenient and economical.

Keywords: Case report; Complication; Feeding tube placement; Nasoenteral feeding tube; Nutritional support; Ultrasound-guided.

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Conflict of interest statement

Conflict-of-interest statement: The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.

Figures

Figure 1
Figure 1
X-ray after placement of the feeding tube. A: Abdominal X-ray shows there is no jejunal tube in the abdomen, and the jejunal tube is on the diaphragm; B: Chest X-ray shows the jejunal tube is in the chest.
Figure 2
Figure 2
Visual laryngoscopy after placement of the feeding tube. The blue arrow is feeding tube and the orange arrow is windpipe.
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