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Intracranial Placement of Nasogastric Tube An Unusual Complication

Authors: NICHOLAS MOUSTOUKAS MD, MARTIN S. LITWIN MD

Abstract

NASOGASTRIC INTUBATION is almost always necessary in severely injured patients. Nasotracheal and nasopharyngeal malposition is common. Intracranial placement, an unusual complication and malposition, has been recorded.1–8 The purpose of this paper is to report a severely injured patient in whom intracranial nasogastric tube placement occurred.

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