Medical malpractice: Suit alleges that health care providers negligently performed tracheostomy and PEG tube procedures, perforating patient's organs and failed to obtain informed consent or properly ...
Background: Children with severe neurological impairment may have significant oral motor dysfunction and are at increased risk of nutritional deficiencies, poor growth, and aspiration pneumonia.
Dysphagia is a common neurologic deficit following ischemic stroke. As a result, patients often require percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube placement for safe maintenance of sufficient ...
Gastrostomy tube site leakage and subsequent skin breakdown, the most common complications of gastrostomy tubes, occur when one or both of the seals are broken, causing the tube to be ineffective or ...
Background: Dysphagia is a common complication of stroke and often leads to the need for modified diets and alternate feeding routes. Length of stay (LOS) for stroke patients requiring percutaneous ...
My mom has dementia and problems with her esophagus due to diverticulitis, which has stopped her from eating normal foods. She never listened to my advice to stop eating everything she wanted, and now ...
Enteral nutrition (EN) can supplement oral intake for individuals who can’t eat enough food to meet their nutritional needs, or it may be the sole source of nutrition for those who are nothing by ...
The following is a summary of “A Co-Designed Online Education Resource on Gastrostomy Feeding for Parents and Caregivers to Support Clinical Care,” published in the November 2023 issue of Pediatrics ...
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