2023
DOI: 10.2460/javma.22.12.0585
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Outcomes, including death, in dogs with pneumothorax following nasogastric feeding tube misplacement in the tracheobronchial tree: 13 cases (2017–2022)

Abstract: OBJECTIVE Complications of feeding tube placement are uncommon, but life-threatening pneumothorax has been reported in human and veterinary patients during feeding tube placement. This article describes the development of pneumothorax and the outcome associated with misplacement of nasogastric (NG) tubes in the tracheobronchial tree in 13 dogs. ANIMALS 13 dogs being treated for various medical conditions that had NG tubes placed in 4 hospitals. PROCEDURES A review was carried out of the medical records of … Show more

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