Nasogastric Tubes

Background

Nasogastric (NG) tubes are commonly called Salem sumps ^TM or abbreviated and called NG tubes. These tubes vary in diameter and length and can serve many purposes. NG tubes are inserted through the nare, down through the oropharynx, to terminate in the stomach. Hieronymus Fabricius ab Aquapendente, a 16th-century Italian professor of anatomy and surgery, is thought to be the first to use a silver tube as an NG tube for enteral feeding.