Complications arising from the insertion of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tubes can be life-threatening, so nurses should be able to identify and manage them. Abstract A percutaneous ...

A good practice guide for nurses has been published on the changing of balloon gastrostomy tubes into the stomach for adults and children. Subscribe today for unlimited access to 6,000+ clinical ...

Long-term result of out-patient intra-arterial chemotherapy in patients with stage II and III oral cancer. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2017 ASCO Annual Meeting I. This abstract does not ...

Readers who work in acute-care hospitals know the routine that often results in PEG tube placements documented in this study: A nursing home patient is admitted for an acute problem, a swallowing ...

A small plastic tube is all that stands between survival and starvation. The benefits of a feeding tube — helping elders who have forgotten how to eat — seem so obvious that it is used on one-third of ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Results of a systematic review and meta-analysis presented at the ACG Annual Scientific ...

Placement of a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube has become an 'essential' technique for children and young people with a wide range of problems with feeding and nutrition. Gastrostomy ...

Okay, readers, how many of you desire to have a feeding tube inserted into your belly one day? Some of you? A few of you? All of you? Not me, that’s for sure. So, if there comes a time when I cannot ...

A 25-year-old woman with a history of cerebral palsy, developmental disability and corpus callosotomy for tonic-clonic seizures was brought to hospital with a two-day history of progressively ...