Practicals · General Medicine · Gastroenterology and Hepatology
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube insertion
- Type
- Procedure
- Also called
- balloon tamponade for variceal bleed
Videos and resources
- VideoPlacement of a Blakemore Tube for Bleeding Varices4:48
- VideoPlacement of the Blakemore Tube for Esophageal Varices10:31
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Links point to material published by others; SolvedPGSS does not host it. Check any technique against your department's protocol before you use it on a patient.
Where the curriculum asks for it
“Insertion of nasogastric tube and Sengstaken Blakemore tube” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 21)