Your patient is scheduled to get a PEG tube. The patient asks you how the catheter will stay in place. What is your best answer?
A) An external crossbar attaches to the catheter tip to hold everything in place.
B) External fasteners secure the tube in place.
C) An internal crossbar keeps the catheter in place.
D) A mushroom-tip catheter is used to secure the tube against the stomach wall.
Ans: D
Feedback: A mushroom catheter tip or internal fasteners secure the tube against the stomach wall. An external crossbar or bumper keeps the catheter in place. This makes options A, B, and C incorrect.
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