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What does nasogastric mean?

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Adjective
  1. (medicine) Pertaining both to the nose and to the stomach.
  2. (medicine) Specifically, pertaining to nasogastric intubation, wherein a tube is inserted through the nostril, past the throat, and into the stomach.
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She developed bilious emesis and bilious aspirates were subsequently returned from her nasogastric tube.
A nasogastric tube was placed, and preoperative antibiotics were administered.
Anyone without achlorhydria secretes hydrogen ions from gastric mucosa whether fed orally, by a nasogastric tube, or parenterally.
Stroke and Parkinson's disease are the leading causes, frequently requiring enteral alimentation through nasogastric or gastrostomy tubes.
Patients should also have a nasogastric tube and urinary catheter inserted.
The dilator is removed and the nasogastric tube placed through the gastrojejunostomy and into the Roux limb.

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