Nasogastric/Oral Gastric Tube Placement in Infants: Comparing 2 Measurement Methods

Category Primary study
Registry of Trialsclinicaltrials.gov
Year 2011
The purpose of this study is to compare two methods of nasogastric/oral gastric (NG/OG) tube placement for efficacy and safety in the placement of NG/OG tube in infants less than 6 months of age. One method is based on the infant\'s length determined by measurement using a length board and plotted on a graph derived from a formula to determine the depth for tube insertion (graph method) and the other method is based on current standard of care, measuring from the nose to the ear and then the ear to mid abdomen (NEM) and mark the tube to know how far to insert the tube. Outcome comparison will be xray verification of placement.
Epistemonikos ID: c60b1597f78d359cfea3bf32d21712ce82df114b
First added on: May 06, 2024