Introduction PEG feeding in patients with head and neck and upper GI cancers is known to derive nutritional and mortality benefits. Standard inside-out PEG insertion is not always technically possible ...

A guide focusing on comfort, dignity, and quality of life, balancing nutrition with the unique needs of advanced dementia ...

Introduction PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy) tubes are used for long term enteral feeding in patients who are unable to meet their nutritional requirements orally. There is little published ...

Sligo University Hospital apologised and acknowledged the perforation has had a “life-changing” effect on Kathleen Healy ...

A 53-year-old man with dysphagia underwent uneventful placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube for long-term enteral feeding access. 11 hours after the procedure, it was ...

An exciting one day course specifically aimed at teaching the skills and knowledge required to place PEG feeding tubes as first assistant for specialist Nurses who have identified this learning need ...