Abstract
Objective: To report an unusual complication of enteral nutrition in an intensive care patient. Design: Case report. Setting: University tertiary referral intensive care unit. Patients: One patient who developed an esophageal obstruction due to gastroesophageal reflux while receiving enteral nutrition. Interventions: Esophageal-gastroscopy for diagnostics and subsequent irrigation and mechanical cleasing resulting in desobstruction. Conclusion: Enteral nutrition through a nasogastric tube is in general a safe means to feed intensive care patients, but may result in esophageal obstruction due to impaction of the feeding compound as a result of gastroesophageal reflux.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 224-225 |
| Number of pages | 2 |
| Journal | Care of the Critically Ill |
| Volume | 16 |
| Issue number | 6 |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Jan 2000 |