Much of current practice has been borrowed or modified from practice in older children and adults. This is unacceptable given the importance of these tubes to the safety and feeding of these ...

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 ...

Vale, who was born with a rare metabolic condition, had his life saved by stem cells from a baby's umbilical cord that was ...

A shocking discovery for a woman as she says a surgical feeding tube was left inside her body for 35 years, causing her continuous pain and health complications.Deborah Lowe filed ...

Patients may require gastrostomy tube feeding for many reasons, including as a treatment for Crohn's disease and celiac disease. Babies born prematurely may need an infant feeding tube.

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 ...

Health Canada has issued an urgent advisory for parents and caregivers to stop using infant self-feeding devices, citing ...

Study using a new, child-friendly scale found patients up to age 2 had smaller mouth openings than healthy peers, risking ...