Tension Pneumothorax Caused by Feeding Tube Malposition: How could It Be Prevented?

MD Yıldırım F^1, , MD Kara ݲ, MD Eren R³, MD Aygencel G⁴ and MD Türkoğlu M⁴

¹Department of Pulmonary Medicine, Intensive Care Training Program, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TURKEY

²Department of Anestesiology and Reanimation, Intensive Care Training Program, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TURKEY

³Department of Internal Medicine, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TURKEY

⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Intensive Care Unite, Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, TURKEY

Cite this paper:
MD Yıldırım F, MD Kara İ, MD Eren R, MD Aygencel G and MD Türkoğlu M. Tension Pneumothorax Caused by Feeding Tube Malposition: How could It Be Prevented?. American Journal of Medical Sciences and Medicine. 2016; 4(3):63-65. doi: 10.12691/ajmsm-4-3-4

Abstract

Nasoenteric feeding tube placement is routine to ensure the enteral nutrition in critically ill patients, but pulmonary complications may be encountered when feeding tubes were placed blindly at the bedside. Herein, we present a case with tension pneumothorax caused by withdrawal of incorrect positioned feeding tube to left hemithorax and most recent approaches were revised to prevent pulmonary complications during the feeding tube placement.

Keywords:
nasoenteric feeding tube tension pneumothorax

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