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

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

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Dear Miss Manners: We have a longtime friend, and now neighbor, who cannot consume food orally due to extensive cancer ...

A dinner party host wants to know the best way to handle a guest who can only eat through a feeding tube; a reader asks if ...

We have a longtime friend, now neighbor, who cannot consume food ... they can consume very limited quantities of liquids ...

Getting a feeding tube before substantial weight loss may change the disease course and lengthen life with ALS, a study reports.

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 ...

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

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

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.

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 ...