Review Article
Indications, Measurements, and Complications of Ten Essential Neonatal Procedures
Table 6
Nasogastric tube insertion length based on an age-related, height-based (ARHB) equation.
| Neonate’s length (cm) | NG tube insertion length (cm) |
| 35.0-35.5 | 15.0 | 36.0-37.0 | 15.5 | 37.5-38.0 | 16.0 | 38.5-39.5 | 16.5 | 40.0-41.0 | 17.0 | 41.5-42.0 | 17.5 | 42.5-43.5 | 18.0 | 44.0-45.0 | 18.5 | 45.5-46.5 | 19.0 | 47.0-47.5 | 19.5 | 48.0-49.0 | 20.0 | 49.0-50.5 | 20.5 | 51.0-51.5 | 21.0 | 52.0-53.0 | 21.5 | 53.5-54.5 | 22.0 | 55.0-55.5 | 22.5 | 56.0-56.5 | 23.0 |
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