Table 1 Patient characteristics
Sex | Diagnosis | Intubated | First feeding tube | Who placed | Adverse outcome | Therapy |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
M | Sepsis | Yes | Yes | MD & RN | Pneumothorax | Tube thoracostomy |
M | Emergent abdominal aortic aneurysm repair | Yes | Yes | RN | Pneumothorax and hemothorax | Tube thoracostomy |
M | Anoxic brain injury | No | Yes | RN | None | None |
M | Multitrauma | Yes | Yes | RN | None | None |
F | Interstitial pneumonitis | Yes | Yes | RN | None | None |
F | Leg ischemia | Yes | No | MD & RN | Tension pneumothorax, death | Tube thoracostomy |
M | ARDS | Yes | No | RN | None | None |
M | Pneumonia | Yes | Yes | RN | None | None |
M | Pneumonia | Yes | No | RN | Pneumothorax | Tube thoracostomy |
F | Sepsis | Yes | Yes | RN | None | None |
F | Sepsis | Yes | No | RN | None | None |
M | Sepsis | Yes | Yes | RN | Fed into left pleural space, death | Tube thoracostomy |
M | Sepsis | Yes | Yes | RN | None | None |
M | Cystic fibrosis | Yes | Yes | RN | None | None |