Advanced dementia patients are more likely to receive feeding tubes if they are taken from nursing homes to acute care hospitals, according to a new report. This occurs despite mounting evidence that ...

There is no real benefit to using feeding tubes to care for those approaching the end of life. They should be considered only as a last possible option, according to a report from the Royal College of ...

One-third of U.S. nursing home patients in the final stages of Alzheimer's and other forms of dementia are given feeding tubes, despite evidence that the practice serves no benefit and may even cause ...

Enteral nutrition is a cornerstone of supportive care in critically ill patients, and the methods for feeding tube placement have evolved markedly over recent decades. Early approaches relied on blind ...

My mother has advanced dementia and lives in a nursing home. She is now having problems swallowing her food. I've asked the staff at the home if she can get nourishment through a feeding tube. But ...

Enteral nutrition what goes through a tube feeding to replace or supplement oral nutrition. If you cannot get enough nutrition by eating or drinking through your mouth, you may need a feeding tube.

Leading doctors say some dying patients are inappropriately being given stomach tubes for feeding. New guidelines from the Royal College of Physicians (RCP) say every effort should be made to maintain ...

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 ...

Gastric tubes are available in a variety of materials, sizes and configurations. The composition of a medical device should be determined by the environment in which it is meant to reside and the ...

Tommy requires a feeding tube, oxygen tanks, speech therapy and seven medications. "Daycare is not going to take him with oxygen and a feeding tube," Palen said. Palen said she has lost count of how ...