Medical Science · Gastrointestinal Procedures
A doctor asks a nurse to insert a Ryle's tube and specifically instructs, 'Do not perform the whoosh test to confirm the placement of the tube.' How is the whoosh test performed?
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- 1Performing a portable chest X-ray at the bedside
- 2Flushing water through the nasogastric tube to listen for gurgling
- 3Insufflating air into the tube while auscultating over the epigastrium✓
- 4Aspirating the gastric content and testing its pH
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Insufflating air into the tube while auscultating over the epigastrium
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