Nasogastric intubation is the insertion of a plastic tube through the nose, down the esophagus and into the stomach. A similar tube inserted through the mouth instead is called orogastric intubation, and the nasogastric tube itself, invented by Abraham Louis Levin, is also known in Commonwealth countries as a Ryle's tube, after John Alfred Ryle.
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Nasogastric intubation is a medical process involving the insertion of a plastic tube (nasogastric tube or NG tube) through the nose, down the esophagus, and down into the stomach.
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