A variety of access routes into the gastrointestinal tract and a range of feeding tube types are used for enteral feeding. This article is a practical guide and comes with a self-assessment enabling ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “Despite the common clinical practice of delaying feedings after [percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)] ...

A feeding tube is a device that’s inserted into your stomach through your abdomen. It’s used to supply nutrition when you have trouble eating. Feeding tube insertion is also called percutaneous ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a method commonly used for providing long-term nutrition for patients unable to swallow but with a functioning gastrointestinal tract (Stefan et al, 1989).

In oncological patients with upper gastrointestinal tract tumours, dysphagia and cachexy necessitate gastrostomy or jejunostomy as the only options of enteral access for long-term feeding. In this ...

Sylvia Graham, Gloria Sim, Ruby Laughren, Joyce Chicoine, Edith Stephenson, Gwen Leche, Margaret McIntyre, David Murray, Fred Y. Aoki and Lindsay E. Nicolle Objective: To compare patient outcomes when ...

Hidden beneath her clothing, a feeding tube has helped deliver essential nutrients to Paige Stuntz for the first two years of her life. Born with cleft lip and palate, Paige had difficulty feeding ...