DEAR MISS MANNERS: We have a longtime friend, and now neighbor, who cannot consume food orally due to extensive cancer ...

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

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 ...

In June, doctors had to insert feeding tubes. "All I could do was drink smoothies. You may think that sounds great when you can only do three smoothies a day and then be fed with a food tube at night.

Prepare the food or medications according the directions ... should allow differentiation of the trachea and the feeding tube) (Fig. 2). Continue gentle passage down the esophagus.

A feeding tube insertion procedure, which is also called a gastrostomy, is a surgery where a feeding tube is installed in the ...

Purpose: An overview of enteral feeding tubes, drug administration techniques, considerations for dosage form selection, common drug interactions with enteral formulas, and methods to minimize ...