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31 / 07 / 2016

 


RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE

Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani.


Abstract
Malpositioning of the nasogastric tube into the airway is one of the most frequent complications and the consequences of improper positioning of the tube in the airways depend on several factors: creation or not of a pleuro-pulmonary fistula, introduction or not of drugs into the tube, the overall clinical condition of the patient. A pneumonia caused by instillation of drugs or a pneumothorax or a mediastinitis may precipitate a clinical situation already basically compromised.

Key words: pneumothorax, nasogastric tube


 
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Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani. RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE. Int J Surg Med. 2016; 2(3): 181-182. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax


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Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani. RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE. https://www.ejos.org/?mno=213770 [Access: February 21, 2024]. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax


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Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani. RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE. Int J Surg Med. 2016; 2(3): 181-182. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax



Vancouver/ICMJE Style

Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani. RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE. Int J Surg Med. (2016), [cited February 21, 2024]; 2(3): 181-182. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax



Harvard Style

Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani (2016) RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE. Int J Surg Med, 2 (3), 181-182. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax



Turabian Style

Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani. 2016. RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2 (3), 181-182. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax



Chicago Style

Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani. "RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2 (2016), 181-182. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax



MLA (The Modern Language Association) Style

Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani. "RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE." International Journal of Surgery and Medicine 2.3 (2016), 181-182. Print. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax



APA (American Psychological Association) Style

Francesco Inzirillo, Ravalli Eugenio, Casimiro Giorgetta, Francesco Sangrigoli, Alessia Marziani (2016) RIGHT PNEUMOTHORAX SECONDARY TO REMOVAL OF NASOGASTRIC TUBE. International Journal of Surgery and Medicine, 2 (3), 181-182. doi:10.5455/ijsm.pneumothorax