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A patient with multiple facial and nasal injuries needs a nasogastric tube placed. Which of the following is the appropriate method to place this tube?
1. Place the tube through the patient’s mouth.
2. Place the tube through the patient’s unobstructed nare.
3. Place the tube through the obstructed nare.
4. Place the tube after the edema in the nares subsides.
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11 years ago
2 -- The nasogastric tube is inserted through the unobstructed nare to avoid mucosal trauma; however, a large gastric tube may interfere with nasal breathing, and necessitate close monitoring. A tube would not be able to be placed through an obstructed nare. The nasal edema may persist for a long period of time, so waiting would not be appropriate. A tube placed through the patient’s mouth would be an orogastric tube.
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