PEG tube, PERC, G-tube, J-tube, malecot, feeding tube, X-tube, Z-tube, etc, huh?

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Can someone provide a brief list or summary of what kind of tubes are there and how/where they fall under certain categories?

I am in what seems to be a GI surgery unit (but the unit is consider a general surg) for my preceptorship and I've been encountering different tubes and tubes names/abbreviations on patients and on the cardexes/charts.

Please give me the full names instead of abbreviations. It's bad enough that abbreviations are abundant in a clinical setting and I always had to ask what they stand for...

Googling doesn't seem to yield me much unless I know exactly the full names.

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Specializes in Cath Lab & Interventional Radiology.

A good place to look is the dictated operative report in the patient's EMR. If it is previously placed usually it is in the H & P. A few I do know are:

PEG tube= percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube

J-tube = jejunostomy tube

G-tube= gastrostomy tube

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Specializes in NICU.

malecot (malicot?) is a brand name of a tube - a manufacturer.

feeding tube is pretty generic: could be OG, NG, GT, JT, etc.

Not familiar with x or z - sorry.

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Specializes in Home Health/PD.

This is a great thread! I have a question, anyone know why some nurses refer to JT as N-tubes? No one could answer as to why and they were confused when I said JT when that is clearly what is written in the emar to give Meds though.

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A Dr told me that a PEG is a generalized name, that Gtubes and Jtubes are both PEG tubes. I have only seen G tubes so far so I have not had to look it up.

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Specializes in NICU.

PEG is Percutaneous Endo Gastric tube (send camera/instruments down thru the mouth, esophagus, and into stomach, then pop out thru the skin - as opposed to a surgical incision on the abdomen adjacent to the gastric tube)....so PEG is about HOW it's placed. Some GT are PEGs but NOT ALL.

GT = gastro = WHERE it's placed,

JT = jejunem = WHERE it's placed

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Specializes in Vents, Telemetry, Home Care, Home infusion.

Have you looked in your textbook for this info under Gastrointestinal section?

Nasogastric intubation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Children: Types of Tubes

Adults: NASOGASTRIC TUBE powerpoint

Radiology images + info: Enteral Feeding Tubes and Gastric Decompression Tubes

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Specializes in Home Health/PD.
Have you looked in your textbook for this info under Gastrointestinal section?

Nasogastric intubation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Children: Types of Tubes

Adults: NASOGASTRIC TUBE powerpoint

Radiology images + info: Enteral Feeding Tubes and Gastric Decompression Tubes

These are awesome! I bet nurses on my unit are referring Nj tubes to just n tubes. I couldn't figure out how to search for it either. Thanks!

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