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Table 4 Different techniques for NGT insertion

From: A comparison of nasogastric tube insertion by SORT maneuver (sniffing position, NGT orientation, contralateral rotation, and twisting movement) versus neck flexion lateral pressure in critically ill patients admitted to ICU: a prospective randomized clinical trial

Insertion

Anatomical

By technique

Lateral pressure on neck

Fibroscopic guided

Cooling of the tube

Endotracheal tube guided placement

Anterior displacement of larynx, lifting of thyroid cartilage

Using Macintosh laryngoscope or GlideScope with assistance of Magill forceps

Neck flexion

Ureteral guidewire

Lateral head positioning

I-gel

Neck flexion lateral pressure

Proseal LMA

Anterior displacement of the mandible (and a group of older techniques)

Ultrasonography

Sort maneuver

Airway scope

 

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