I was the one who developed the policy and it has been going well in our inpatient units but not in the ER. One occurence recently was: A Small Bowel Obstruction, NG placed, sucked 1500ml of fluid...
Hello--I am new to this site so take it easy on me. Does anyone out there use pH testing of gastric contents to confirm NG placement. What if you know it is in the stomach but you pH is too high? Does...