Why Gastric Lavage is performed with the patient is sleeping on the left side?

Answer #1

I can’t find any definitive answers on the internet, but it makes sense to me because the majority of your organs like your colon and smaller intestines relating to your stomach is on your right side, so what my conclusion would be is that they do it so that the fluid they pump through has clear passage i.e. that you don’t lie on any organs which might close it up.

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