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Feeding tube - Levin tube short and useful detail



Nasogastric intubation-

Nasogastric intubation is a medical procedure involving of a flexible tube through the nose into the stomach.


What is other Name of  Nasogastric tube-

Nasogastric tube also called

* Feeding tube

* NG tube

* Levin's tube

* Ryle's tube


NG Tube mainly 

Size- 14 to 15 french

and

Length - 125 cm


Why Nasogastric tube called most popular name that is Levin tube ?

Here answer is American Physician Abraham Louis Levin discovered and firstly used this so that they given name Levin tube.

 Uses-


* Feeding

* Suction of gastric content ex- poison

* Administration of medicine


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