2008;65(24):2347-2357. Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e.g., nasal or ...
Six patients had their PEG tube changed electively. PEG feeding was well tolerated by 50/51 (98%) of the patients during a mean follow up of 14.5 (2.1) months. The mean supplemental energy delivered ...
Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the ... Reprinted with permission from The Decision to Place a Feeding Tube. Kids With Tubes News. 2000:12–13, a support group for parents ...
Five attempts to dilate were unsuccessful and resulted in the tracts being re-established by interventional radiology and avoided new RIG/PEG tubes. Of the 20 patients in whom tract dilatation was ...
But without a feeding tube, caring for the baby ... “It’s basically a tube that goes all the way to her stomach through her nose. Milk … goes through the tube and straight into her stomach.” ...
His wife Steph Houghton has provided an update on her husband's health - saying he has been fitted with a feeding tube following a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy. "You want Stephen to be ...