Practicals · Emergency Medicine · Gastrointestinal
Sengstaken-Blakemore tube insertion
- Type
- Procedure
- Curriculum level
- 1 (DNB)
- Also called
- Blakemore tube
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 Blakemore tube -1” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 11)
“Gastrointestinal Procedures: Shangstaken tube insertion, endoscopic banding, scelerotherapy in UGI bleed” ( NBEMS DNB curriculum, page 31)