Pediatric gastrostomy tube feeding is a critical intervention for ... and aspiration (inhaling food into the lungs), which complicate their nutritional management[4]. Multidisciplinary teams ...

Finally, ethical considerations should always be taken into account when considering long-term enteral feeding, especially for patients with a poor quality of life. Enteral nutrition percutaneous ...

Introduction PEG feeding in patients with head and neck and upper GI cancers ... Gastropexy is an alternative technique which allows insertion of a gastrostomy tube with outside-in technique and can ...

Costs varied by patient age (table 1). Button devices had much higher equipment costs than PEG tube devices with a Mini button device using £573.38 of consumables each year compared to £279.34 for a ...

She was on a pureed food diet and they were worried ... the stomach to provide a means of feeding when oral intake is not adequate. Matthew said a PEG tube would give Joniece her childhood back ...