Evaluation of a novel platform for placement confirmation of enteral feeding tubes in adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The aim of this study was to validate the ability of a novel, impedance-based platform for nasogastric feeding tube (FT) insertion to correctly predict intragastric FT placement in healthy individuals with and without acid suppression medication.

Methods

Ten patients underwent successive placement of 8, 10, and 12 French FTs with the final intragastric position predicted using an impedance-based algorithm and verified with an abdominal x-ray. Study procedures were repeated after patients received a proton pump inhibitor (PPI) for 3 d.

Results

Nasogastric FTs with embedded electrodes spaced along the distal 31 cm of the tubes were placed with the final insertion depth determined by an algorithm integrating impedance and other physiologic parameters. Sixty FT

SUBMITTER: Sorrentino TA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12704496 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature