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 ...

When nursing home residents with advanced dementia are sent to the hospital, many are given feeding tubes, even though the practice is not believed to help them live longer. Now a new study finds that ...

A new study finds positive outcomes associated with intensive multidisciplinary treatment for children with pediatric feeding disorder who may require a feeding tube to support growth and development.

For most clinicians, the biggest change ushered in by the new ISO-compliant standards will involve enteral tubes, feeding sets, and syringes. The first phase involves enteral feeding administration ...

A variety of access routes into the gastrointestinal tract and a range of feeding tube types are used for enteral feeding. This article is a practical guide and comes with a self-assessment enabling ...

Enteral feeding is the delivery of a nutritionally complete feed directly into the stomach or small intestine using a feeding tube. Tubes can be inserted through the abdominal wall (percutaneous) or ...

Feeding tubes are designed to nourish patients, not deprive them of calories and hasten weight loss. News reports of a feeding tube diet popped up, followed by a slew of TV reports on the new “trend.” ...

Three residents of the Austin State Supported Living Center were put on feeding tubes within two months of being injected with Dysport, a drug similar to Botox, according to state officials.