A new study measured use of feeding tubes in Canadian nursing home residents, finding similar trends to those in the United ...
A feeding tube insertion procedure, which is also called a gastrostomy, is a surgery where a feeding tube is installed in the ...
A High Court judge has pleaded with a young woman suffering from anorexia to help him and her medical team save her life.
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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 ...
Family members told the Tarrant County Sheriff’s Office that they suspected the grandmother poisoned the girl through her ...
After a second hiatal hernia surgery, a Scottsdale man thought he'd have feeding tubes in for over half a year. Little did he know, a second opinion would change his life. In a Scottsdale ...
Mr Justice Nolan says he has ‘no doubt’ woman, aged in her mid-20s and weighing 37.5kg, can ‘get better again’ ...
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.