Table 1.

Patient characteristics

Sex	Diagnosis	Intubated	First feeding tube	Who placed	Adverse outcome	Therapy
M	Sepsis	Yes	Yes	MD & RN	Pneumothorax	Tube thoracostomy
M	Emergent abdominal aortic aneurysm repair	Yes	Yes	RN	Pneumothorax and hemothorax	Tube thoracostomy
M	Anoxic brain injury	No	Yes	RN	None	None
M	Multitrauma	Yes	Yes	RN	None	None
F	Interstitial pneumonitis	Yes	Yes	RN	None	None
F	Leg ischemia	Yes	No	MD & RN	Tension pneumothorax, death	Tube thoracostomy
M	ARDS	Yes	No	RN	None	None
M	Pneumonia	Yes	Yes	RN	None	None
M	Pneumonia	Yes	No	RN	Pneumothorax	Tube thoracostomy
F	Sepsis	Yes	Yes	RN	None	None
F	Sepsis	Yes	No	RN	None	None
M	Sepsis	Yes	Yes	RN	Fed into left pleural space, death	Tube thoracostomy
M	Sepsis	Yes	Yes	RN	None	None
M	Cystic fibrosis	Yes	Yes	RN	None	None

MD = physician; RN = registered nurse.