Severe dysphagia significantly increases mortality risk after PEG, a new study finds. Patients with severe swallowing ...

However, the need for a gastrostomy tube may not be apparent initially because of multiple complex health needs, especially for the premature infant. Placement of the gastrostomy tube is often the ...

[17] The second challenge in gastrostomy tube management is to maintain tube placement. For balloon tip catheters, check the balloon volume periodically, usually 1 or 2 times each week, and ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients should monitor the position of their tube every morning. Squeezing the eyes closed while sneezing ...

In a series of recent articles, we pointed out that in 2022, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) abandoned the flexible exchange rate regime that had been in place for three decades and replaced it with a ...

Ticagrelor was held, and tirofiban was restarted for percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement. The second tirofiban infusion at 0.08 mcg/kg/min (rate: 7.06 ml/hr) lasted 29 hours, ...