While some people with CF can address their nutritional needs with medications such as pancreatic enzyme supplements, others may require a feeding tube. Feeding tubes are a common treatment for ...

As a patient of Florida’s once-admired healthcare program for the state’s sickest and most disabled children, Deonte Elijah ...

Riss et al. [37] described the administration of extended-release carbamazepine capsules through the feeding tube in children. Capsule contents were mixed with 15 mL of water, and tube flushes ...

Materials used for neonatal feeding tubes need to be resilient across wide ranges of pH, gentle to fragile tissues, and have the tensile strength to allow for the largest possible interior lumen ...

Feeding milk ... “Milk tubes need looking after too: good hygiene is a habit to start straight away, as well as checking the water and milk powder supplies and concentration.

The thought of managing a gastrostomy tube, or G-tube, at home can be scary. This video streamlines the process and offers tips and techniques to aid both the person and the family caregiver managing ...

Seven-year-old Deonte Atwell weighed seven pounds when he died last Christmas Day. Now, five people including his mother, ...

Columnist Alyssa Silva found herself in unfamiliar territory when her BiPAP machine quit before bedtime, threatening her ...

We’re About to Visit a Foreign Country With Our Toddler. I’m Worried There Won’t Be Snacks.