Determining Feeding Tube Location by Gastric and Intestinal pH Values

200422 citationsJournal Article

Authors

Jean S. Phang · Baptist Hospital of Miami

Wallace Marsh · Nova Southeastern University

Theodore G. Barlows · GlaxoSmithKline (United Kingdom)

Abstract

The pH value was a reliable predictor of nasoduodenal tube placement. However, radiographic confirmation of location could not be excluded because of the low sensitivity using pH measurements alone. An increase of > or = 1.0 in gastric vs intestinal pH specimens could be useful to determine use of radiography confirmation of tube placement.

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Clinical Nutrition and Gastroenterology Gastroesophageal reflux and treatments Child Nutrition and Feeding Issues

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Published in: Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volume 19, Issue 6, pp. 640-644

DOI: 10.1177/0115426504019006640

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Determining Feeding Tube Location by Gastric and Intestinal pH Values

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