EAD Misplacement into Lung Can Lead to Death – Tuesday Tube Facts

Of the 1.2 million small bore feeding tubes placed, about 0.1-0.3% of patients die as a result of blind misplacement.*

About 1.2–2 percent of small bore feeding tubes that are placed blindly at the bedside enter the airway undetected. *

* Krenitsky, J. Blind Bedside Placement of Feeding Tubes: Treatment or Threat? Practical Gastroenterology. 2011; March, 32-42.