Health

With good oral and nasal care by the nurses, they shouldn't need a g-tube. Any longer than 6 weeks, or if there are complications or significant loss of appetite and weight loss or breakdown of nasal tissue, they may consider a percutaneous feeding.
Some ng tubes can remain in place for a month, ask the doctor or nurse. Make sure if when changing the ng tube that they alternate nostrils and do a good look-see inside the with a flashlight in the nasal cavity for tissue breakdown. It sometimes becomes dislodged and they will put another one in. Symptoms of a ng tube becoming dislodged are gagging or vomiting, difficulty breathing, stomach or chest discomfort or O2 sat decrease.