nasogastric
Americanadjective
adjective
Etymology
Origin of nasogastric
Example Sentences
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Ms Butterworth noted Child I's swollen tummy and asked Ms Letby to aspirate her nasogastric feeding tube, which obtained a "fair amount of air" and 2ml of milk.
From BBC ● Jan. 26, 2023
Doctors had inserted a nasogastric tube rightafter his hospitalization.
From Reuters ● Jan. 4, 2022
The president posted a photo from his hospital bed on Twitter, saying doctors had inserted a nasogastric tube and were evaluating potential surgery.
From BBC ● Jan. 3, 2022
By then, she had been admitted to the Royal Manchester children’s hospital, where a nasogastric tube was fitted to give her nutrition.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 10, 2017
The donor’s stool is introduced into the intestine or colon of a sick patient via an enema, colonoscopy or nasogastric or nasojejunal tubes.
From New York Times ● Nov. 9, 2015
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