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Removal of the NG feeding tube resulted in a tension pneumothorax that necessitated chest tube placement. Because of the difficulty of blind NG feeding tube placement in this patient, the subsequently placed NG feeding tube was successfully positioned with the aid of a video laryngoscope. This case report illustrates the risk of NG feeding tube malpositioning in a nasally intubated patient undergoing head and neck surgery and discusses improvements in techniques for proper NG feeding tube placement.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.2344\/anpr-67-01-02","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2020,9,29]],"date-time":"2020-09-29T20:41:59Z","timestamp":1601412119000},"page":"151-157","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":11,"title":["Tracheopulmonary Complications of a Malpositioned Nasogastric Tube"],"prefix":"10.2344","volume":"67","author":[{"given":"David B.","family":"Guthrie","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook, New York"},{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"James P.","family":"Pezzollo","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"David K.","family":"Lam","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook, New York"},{"name":"Department of Surgery, Stony Brook Medicine, Stony Brook, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"Ralph H.","family":"Epstein","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Stony Brook School of Dental Medicine, Stony Brook, New York"},{"name":"Department of Anesthesiology, Renaissance School of Medicine at Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]}],"member":"1191","reference":[{"key":"i0003-3006-67-3-151-b01","series-title":"J Natl Med Assoc","first-page":"275","article-title":"Tracheopleuropulmonary injuries following enteral tube insertion","volume":"81","author":"Odocha","year":"1988","unstructured":"Odocha\n              O,\n            \n            \n              Lowery\n              RC,\n            \n            \n              Mezghebe\n              HM,\n            \n            \n              Siram\n              SM,\n            \n            \n              Warner\n              OG.\n            \n          \n          Tracheopleuropulmonary injuries following enteral tube insertion.\n\t\t\t\t\tJ Natl Med Assoc.\n\t\t\t\t\t1988;81:275\u2013281."},{"key":"i0003-3006-67-3-151-b02","series-title":"World J Gastroenterol","first-page":"8505","article-title":"Stein. 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