J4 ›› 2011, Vol. 10 ›› Issue (8): 47-49.

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Clinical Applications of the Placement of Blind Nasal Jejunal Tube in Critically Ill Patients

  

  1. People's Hospital of Yuxi, Yuxi, Yunnan 653100, China
  • Received:2011-05-26 Online:2011-08-15 Published:2011-08-15

Abstract:

Objective: The placement of blind nasal jejunal tube which is a treatment for critically ill patients could solve the
problem of enteral nutrition, protect the food from regurgitation and aspiration, reduce aspiration pneumonia, as well as the corrosive esophageal stricture caused by toxic poisoning. Methods: Blind insertion technique of spiral nasal jejunal tube, together with early enteral nutrition therapy, was applied to various patients. Results: Blind insertion technique of spiral nasal jejunal tube had higher concordant and less injury. Conclusion: Blind insertion technique of spiral nasal jejunal tube, which was a clinical research with practical significance, could be used to all kinds of critically ill patients support nutrition, improve prognosis, cure rate and survival rate.

Key words: nasal jejunal, critically ill patient, clinical application

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