The application of placing stomach tube into the jejunum blindly for severe craniocerebral injury patients

Objective To discuss the method of stomach tube instead of normal nasointestinal tube for severe craniocerebral injury patients. Methods Placing the stomach tube into the jejunum blindly according to the patient's gastrointestinal peristalsis for 99 severe craniocerebral injury patients and observing the success rate and plugging rate. Results Ninety-two tubes were successfully placed, the success rate was 92.9%(92/99). The placement time was (45.9±26.7) min. The time of successful insertion tube enteral nutrition was (46.0±34.2) d.No clogging occurred during this period. Conclusions The method of stomach tube instead of normal nasointestinal tube is safe and effective. Key words: Craniocerebral trauma; Enteral nutrition; Nasostomach tube; Nasointestinal tube