A new study led by Brown University researchers reports that percutaneous endoscopic gastric (PEG) feeding tubes, long assumed to help bedridden dementia patients stave off or overcome pressure ulcers ...

A feeding tube is a device that’s inserted into your stomach through your abdomen. It’s used to supply nutrition when you have trouble eating. Feeding tube insertion is also called percutaneous ...

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses has updated its Practice Alert for feeding tube insertion and created a new Practice Alert covering aspiration prevention practices for tube-fed ...

Q: Does tube feeding help wound healing? A: The decision to place a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube (PEG) is a difficult one. The inability to eat or drink often accompanies people ...

Fully a third of patients who have certain feeding tubes placed for Parkinson’s disease-related dysphagia are discharged to an eldercare facility, a new outcomes study has found. Investigators ...

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 ...

Nasogastric Tube (NG): An NG tube passes through the nose, down the throat and esophagus and ends in the stomach. Sometimes the doctor will decide that it’s safer to give nutrition past the stomach, ...

CLEVELAND, March 30-Surgery or a major infection often leaves patients without an appetite or with difficulty swallowing, and this problem is usually solved by employing a nasogastric tube to ...

They call themselves “tubies” — people with certain medical conditions who accept long-term feeding tubes as the best or only way to nourish themselves. With the feeding tube in place, many resume ...