Who would avoid severe adverse events from nasointestinal tube in small bowel obstruction? A matched case–control study

Table 9 Comparison of complications between conservative treatment and NIT treatment

	Conservative treatment	NIT treatment
Intestinal ischemia	√	×
Pneumonia	√	√
Respiratory failure	√	√
Cardiac complications	√	×
Thrombosis or embolism	√	×
Nostril erosion	√	×
Gastrointestinal perforation	×	√
Severe metabolic acidosis	×	√
Intractable diarrhea	×	√
Methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus colitis	×	√
Renal failure	×	√

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