The aim of this study was to perform a retrospective analysis characterizing patients receiving tube feeding following percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement between 2004 and 2012 at ...

NAINR. 2014;14(3):103-108. While the x-ray is not a practical tool for routine assessment in the neonatal population, it does present the most accurate picture of placement. When x-rays are obtained ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. If you stop to think about it, it's pretty amazing how we get energy into our bodies. For most of us, we ingest calories orally by ...

Thankfully, there is a growing body of evidence to guide determination of the distance a tube is to be inserted. In current practice, distance is externally measured to predict the internal distance ...

The impact of admitting ward on resource utilization and outcomes among hospitalized cancer survivors. This is an ASCO Meeting Abstract from the 2024 ASCO Quality Care Symposium. This abstract does ...

Impact of radiotherapy duration on outcomes in patients with esophageal cancer treated with definitive concurrent radiotherapy and chemotherapy on RTOG trials 8501 and 9405. This is an ASCO Meeting ...

The nose-ear-xiphoid (NEX) method for predicting gastric tube insertion length in children should be phased out, according to US researchers from Indiana University’s school of nursing. Subscribe ...

gastrostomy (PRG) are procedures used to gain access to the stomach for feeding in people who can’t eat normally. This study aimed to compare the risks and effectiveness of these two methods. Summary: ...

American Society for Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition (A.S.P.E.N.) Based on current scientific literature, gastrostomy tube placement or other long-term enteral access devices should be withheld or ...