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  1. AFB smear and culture

    tkyeung posted a topic in General Nursing

    I know that AFB smear and culture are the tests to diagnose TB. I wonder if a patient has a positive AFB smear, then what is the purpose of the AFB culture? Is it to examine the extent of growth of...

  2. Naogastric tube

    tkyeung posted a topic in General Nursing

    Is there a possiblity that a nasogastric tube is inserted into the esophagus without reaching the stomach, yet aspirate less than pH5 can still be obtained, such as in a patient with

  3. Cross matching of blood

    tkyeung posted a topic in General Nursing

    If both the donor and the recipient has the same blood type, does that mean that the donor blood is compatible with the recipient blood? Is cross-matching necessary in this

  4. N/G tube insertion

    tkyeung posted a topic in General Nursing

    If a patient is currently suffering from aspiration of gastric contents, eg vomitus, in the respiratory tract, can a N/G tube be inserted for feeding purpose? I know that inserting a nasogastric tube...

  5. N/G tube insertion

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    If a client aspirates gastric content into the respiratory tract and a RN wants to insert NG tube, then doctor should suction out all the aspirated material out first before a registered nurse perform...

  6. N/G tube insertion

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    I only want to know if a patient has aspiration, can a NG tube be inserted? is it a contraindication to ng

  7. N/G tube insertion

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    NG tube does pose risk of aspiration, nursing textbooks have

  8. N/G tube insertion

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    Since the NG tube poses the risk of aspiration, that means if a patient has aspiration now, NG tube should not be

  9. Verifying nasogastric tube placement

    tkyeung posted a topic in General Nursing

    I have been taught that to verify the correct placement of a nasogastric tube, we should check the pH of aspirate obtained. I wonder if a patient has gastric content aspirated into trachea or lower...

  10. Verifying nasogastric tube placement

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    And our school textbooks told us that if pH obtained is less than or equal to 5.5 then the tube reaches the

  11. Verifying nasogastric tube placement

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    I have found on the Internet that when gastric contents are aspirated into respiratory tract, the tract is irritated and there will be exudation of fluid that neutralizes the aspirate. Then the pH of...

  12. Verifying nasogastric tube placement

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    That means i have to rule out pulmonary aspiration of gastric content, e.g. vomitus, before i use pH method to verify N/G tube

  13. Verifying nasogastric tube placement

    tkyeung replied to tkyeung's topic in General Nursing

    That means I should make sure that the patient has no pulmonary aspiration before I insert the nasogastric tube in order to avoid the scenario I described