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GI Complications
Can you identify the following medical equipment found in this CXR?
Answer:
A. Endotracheal tube (This is a tube inside the airway which ends above the bronchus/ the carina)
B. Tracheal stent (This shares the same lumen with the endotracheal tube)
C. Esophageal stent (This is a stent in the mediastinum. It is not in the airway. It extends below the
carina. It also shares the same lumen with the nasogastric tube)
D. Nasogastric tube/ Ryles tube (This extends below the diaphragm to enter the gastric bubble)
E. Central venous catheter (This is inserted via the internal jugular vein at the lateral neck, travels to
54 the left brachiocephalic vein, to enter the SVC to the right of the sternum)
