• Heart Lung · May 1993

    Case Reports

    Transbronchial intubation of the right pleural space: a rare complication of nasogastric intubation with a polyvinylchloride tube--a case study.

    • A el-Gamel and D C Watson.
    • Children's Hospital, Ladywood, Birmingham, U.K.
    • Heart Lung. 1993 May 1;22(3):224-5.

    AbstractInappropriate intubation of the tracheobronchial tree by a fine-bore nasogastric tube with a metal stylet is a well-known hazard. We report a pulmonary perforation and hydropneumothorax caused by a polyvinylchloride nasogastric tube without a stylet in a child of 13 months. The position of the tube was checked by auscultation before feeding. It would appear that the auscultatory method is inadequate in checking the correct placement of a nasogastric tube in young children. An ordinary nasogastric tube can cause pulmonary perforation.

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