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Respiratory insufficiency with pneumonia following improper gastric tube insertion into the right bronchus
Respiratory insufficiency with pneumonia following improper gastric tube insertion into the right bronchus
Submission date: 2011-04-06
Acceptance date: 2011-06-22
Online publication date: 2013-10-31
Publication date: 2014-02-20
Arch Med Sci 2014;10(1):197-199
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Inadvertent placement of gastric tubes into the lungs may lead to some dreaded and serious complications including intrapulmonary infusion of fluids, pneumothorax, pneumonitis, hydropneumothorax, bronchopleural fistula, empyema, and pulmonary hemorrhage. In this report, we present a case of respiratory insufficiency with pneumonia following an improper gastric tube insertion into the right bronchus and active carbon administration.
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