A man from Scottsdale was happy to hear from a second opinion he would be taken off a feeding tube just in time for the ...

According to Gypsy Rose Blanchard, the repercussions of Dee Dee Blanchard’s fabrications included the insertion of a feeding ...

My lungs were depressed about 55%," he said. The first surgery led to a second surgery after experiencing complications. In June, doctors had to insert feeding tubes. "All I could do was drink ...

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 ...

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 ...

Nasogastric intubation is easy and is an effective means of delivering nutrition and fluids when other feeding methods are not feasible. This column describes how to place a nasogastric tube in a ...

Gavage feeding is commonly indicated for anorectic animals or for oral dosing of medications and compounds. This column describes the proper technique for tube feeding in the psittacine bird.

Many such patients have gastro-oesophageal reflux (GOR) and require a fundoplication. A transgastric jejunal tube is an alternative when antireflux surgery fails, or is hazardous or inappropriate.

For more than month, Ellen Phillips said she has been living a parent's worst nightmare. Her life changed when her son was ...

Sam Lewis, 38, had been to the doctors three times with a pain in her chest before doctors found a gallstone blocking her ...

Citation: Sisson H et al (2024) Nasogastric tube feeding children and young people with restraint. Nursing Times [online]; 120: 12. Authors: Helen Sisson is senior lecturer in children’s nursing, City ...