Nasogastric tube syndrome induced by an indwelling long intestinal tube

Table 1 Case reports of nasogastric tube syndrome

Author	Year	Age (yr), sex	Tube	Treatment	Outcome
Sofferman et al[3]	1990	28, male	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover
Sofferman et al[3]	1990	42, male	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover
Sofferman et al[3]	1990	36, male	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Death
Sofferman et al[3]	1990	45, female	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover
Apostolakis et al[4]	2001	77, male	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Not recover
Apostolakis et al[4]	2001	73, male	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover
Leclerc et al[14]	2002	71, female	NGT	Tracheotomy	Not recover (cricoid necrosis)
Nehru et al[5]	2003	60, male	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover
Sanaka et al[6]	2004	85, male	Long intestinal tube	Removal of long intestinal tube, tracheotomy	Full recover
Isozaki et al[7]	2005	73, male	NGT	None	Death
Isozaki et al[7]	2005	77, female	NGT	Removal of NGT	Death
Isozaki et al[7]	2005	79, female	NGT	Undescribed	Undescribed
Isozaki et al[7]	2005	72, female	NGT	Undescribed	Undescribed
Marcus et al[9]	2006	72, male	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover
Vielva del Campo et al[12]	2010	70, female	NGT	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover
Ohshima et al[11]	2010	62, female	NGT	Removal of NGT	Full recover
Harmon et al[13]	2014	2 mo, male	NGT	Removal of NGT	Full recover
Harmon et al[13]	2014	3 mo, female	NGT	Removal of NGT	Full recover
Harmon et al[13]	2014	3 mo, male	NGT	Removal of NGT	Full recover
Our case	2015	76, male	Long intestinal tube	Removal of NGT, tracheotomy	Full recover

NGT: Nasogastric tube.