Feeding Tube (G-Tube) Care: Hvornår du skal kontakte lægen
Ring 112 med det samme ved brystsmerter i hvile, svær åndenød, besvimelse, tegn på slagtilfælde (hængende mundvig, svaghed i armen, sløret tale), blødning der ikke kan stoppes, eller tanker om at gøre skade på dig selv. Vent ikke til inden for åbningstid.
Kontakt dit kirurgiske team inden for få timer
- Tube falls out completely before stoma has matured (within first 4 weeks) — stoma can close within hours
- Severe abdominal pain with rigidity or guarding after tube manipulation (possible peritonitis)
- Bright red blood from the stoma or in tube drainage that does not stop with gentle pressure
- Feeding formula leaking into the abdominal cavity (abdominal distension, pain, fever)
- Inability to flush tube despite all unclogging measures and patient is NPO
- High fever with abdominal tenderness around the tube site
- Increasing redness, warmth, purulent drainage, or foul odor at stoma site
- Persistent leakage of gastric contents around tube despite proper positioning
- Tube feels loose or appears to have migrated inward or outward
- New or worsening nausea and vomiting during feeds
- Granulation tissue that is bleeding or growing rapidly
- Unable to rotate tube during daily care (may indicate buried bumper)
Hav dine oplysninger klar, når du ringer
- Navnet på din operation (Feeding Tube (G-Tube) Care) og datoen for din operation
- Din aktuelle temperatur
- Smerteniveau (0–10) og hvor det er
- Al medicin du har taget de seneste 24 timer
- En beskrivelse af såret (rødme, væske, åbning)