Question

The nurse is checking placement of a nasogastric (ng) tube that has been in place for 2 days. the tube is draining green aspirate. what does this color of aspirate indicate?

Answer 1

The green color aspirate indicate the gastric residual of the stomach.

This is what the tube is draining

This indicate that the tube can give signal when substances are coming out if. It tells us clearly that Ng tube is used to remove substances aside feeding

Nasogastric tube

This tube is a special kind of medical tube device which is used to feed a patient through the nose.

• It allows liquid food, medicines, liquids and other substances to pass through the nose to the stomach.

• It can also be used to feed patients with extra calories

• The nasogastric tube can also be used to remove substances from the stomach.

However, there are two major types of this tube known. These are:

1. Single-lumen tubes
2. Double-lumen tubes

So therefore, the green color aspirate indicate the gastric residual of the stomach.

This is what the tube is draining

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