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Table 6 Previous studies on complications after NITs insertion

From: Who would avoid severe adverse events from nasointestinal tube in small bowel obstruction? A matched case–control study

 

Sample

Complication case

Complication

Fleshner PR

27

3 (11.1%)

Pneumonia, Colo cutaneous fistula

Takumi Sakakibara

91

8 (8.8%)

NR

Shogo Tanaka

53

5 (9.5%)

Intractable diarrhea, Wound infection, Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colitis, Renal failure, Leakage from anastomosis

This article

136

13 (9.6%)

Multiple reasons, Give up treatment, Respiratory failure, Gastrointestinal perforation, Severe pneumonia, Anastomotic fistula, Septic shock, Severe metabolic acidosis

  1. NR not reported