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Change: Inverting a digital image (black on white) can help to visualise a NGT. Case 4 The NGT appears to be following the trachea and the left main bronchus. It is likely that the   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3570)

Change: pylorispylorus into the deuodenum or jejunum. This tip position bypasses the regulatory function of the pylorispylorus and delivers nutrition/therapeutic agents directly into the jejunum. Even if a nasoenteric tube has its tip   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3545)

Change: Note also that when an NGT appears to make a sharp turn (arrowed) it is possible that the appearance is due to the NGT being   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3545)

Change: Click on the video and it will open at full relolution.) The Marginal Position The tip of the NGT can sometimes appear to be just within the fundus of the stomach. It   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3367)

Change: practicedpractised in some centres- the position of the tip of the NGT is assessed by drawing back gastric contents and testing with ph paper.Insertion Technique There are no shortage of videos on Youtube covering the subject of NGT insertion. Here's a few of them Select a tube size   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3216)

Change: The radiographer noted that the NGT was visible proximally (arrowed) but was very difficult to follow distally. It was thought that a abdominal technique should clearly demonstrate if the NGT had passed below the diaphragm. Te patient was transfered onto the X-ray table   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3210)

Change: Note the difference in image quality when a bucky technique is employed. For reasons of radiation dose reduction and convenience a non-grid technique is more commonly employed.This case demonstrates that a clinical approach to radiography can make a   View changes from previous version. (Word count: 3122)