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Checking Placement Of Peg Tube. The peg tube is attached to the guide wire at the end that is exiting the patient s mouth and lubricated. In nursing school now they said there has been evidence based studies conducted where peg tube placement should be checked each time you go to use it ie. I thought this technique was done to check placement of ngt since it could dislodge. M ultiple publications have addressed the indications for nasogastric or nasoenteric feeding tubes and the importance of initial and ongoing verification or confirmation of their proper placement.
Hi all at my hospital rn s check placement of peg by inserting 30cc of air and listening w stethoscope is this common practice. Exposure this technique is used for feeding tube placement only as a last resort 16 ph testing another reliable method for ongoing tube placement verification is determining the ph of the fluid aspi rated from feeding tubes. Gastric fluid is usually acidic with a ph less than or equal to 5 5 17 respira. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy replacement percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy replacement percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube removal percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy tube removal and feeding device replacement complications. A wire is passed through the cut and into the stomach at the position marked by the endoscope. You can check it by x ray or ph testing of residuals.
Hi all at my hospital rn s check placement of peg by inserting 30cc of air and listening w stethoscope is this common practice.
The stomach end of the wire is pulled bringing the peg tube through the mouth via the oesophagus into the stomach and out through the fistula tract fig 5. Placement of a flocare g tube. Hi all at my hospital rn s check placement of peg by inserting 30cc of air and listening w stethoscope is this common practice. 1 2 for patients with appropriate indications. How to check tube placement measure your tube. Med administering tube feed changes.