Table 2. Reported cases of nasogastric tube syndrome and associated airway outcomes.
| Author | Patient Context | Immunocompromised | Symptom | Time of Symptom Onset | Airway Intervention | Airway Findings | Outcome |
| Sanaka et al. [3] | Small bowel obstruction secondary to post-operative adhesions | No | Stridor, Shortness of Breath | 4 days | Tracheostomy | B/L Mild arytenoid oedema | Decannulated after 3 weeks |
| Sano et al. [5] | Large bowel obstruction secondary to sigmoid colon cancer | No | Stridor, throat pain, Hypoxia | 6 days | Tracheosotomy | B/L arytenoid oedema | Decannulated after 4 weeks |
| Apostolakis LW et al. [6] | Toxic megacolon | No | Stridor | 2 days | Tracheosotomy | B/L impaired vocal cord abduction bilaterally, with oedema; postcricoid necrotic ulcer was noted, 1.5 cm in width. | No recovery till 1 month |