Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.
Fully a third of patients who have certain feeding tubes placed for Parkinson’s disease-related dysphagia are discharged to an eldercare facility, a new outcomes study has found. Investigators ...
A new study finds positive outcomes associated with intensive multidisciplinary treatment for children with pediatric feeding disorder who may require a feeding tube to support growth and development.
The use of drugs via feeding tube is problematic. Appropriate techniques must be used during the administration to prevent obstruction of a feeding tube, to avoid inadequate drug effects and to ...
Archives of Internal Medicine, 1997: Assessing survival benefit of feeding tube placement in nursing home residents with severe cognitive impairment. var docstoc_docid=”132832331″;var ...
At dinner time, Michaela Shelley doesn't fill a plate with meats and vegetables. Instead, the 14-year-old grabs a white, milky substance from the kitchen counter. “I wish I could eat everything ...
DETROIT - Alex Callahan was born 13 weeks prematurely and had so many complications, including an aversion to food, that he spent the first three years of his life on a feeding tube. His sister, ...
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