Post-gastrostomy complications range from 8 to 30%. These complications often occur following discharge into the community and may result in hospital readmission. Our unit previously reported a ...

It’s used to supply nutrition when you have trouble eating. Feeding tube insertion is also called percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG), esophagogastroduodenoscopy (EGD), and G-tube insertion.

A gastrostomy tube, or “G-tube,” provides access for long-term enteral nutrition in patients who are unable to eat. Gastrostomy tubes may be required in patients with cancer, stroke, traumatic ...

Oct. 27, 2004 — The Entristar gastrostomy tube system is beneficial for patients with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), according to the results of a retrospective study published in the ...

An NPSA Rapid Response Report outlines how to ensure that complications occurring after gastrostomy are detected and responded to without delay Gastrostomies are used to provide long term feeding for ...

Since its introduction in 1980, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has gained wide acceptance as the procedure of choice in delivering enteral alimentation and has largely replaced surgical ...

BRANDENBERG, Maddock and Schweitzer1 reported the treatment by transgastric cyst gastrostomy of 2 patients with pancreatic pseudocysts and pancreatitis in 1951. Maddock suggested this procedure, wh ...

Background: The insertion of a gastrostomy tube provides nutritional support to a large number of patients diagnosed with head and neck cancer (HNC). However, gastrostomy tubes are not risk-free, and ...

Nasogastric or gastrostomy feeding can be tailored to fit in with other aspects of the child’s lifestyle and should not dictate it (Sidey and Torbet, 1995). A number of suggestions for addressing ...

In addition to oral administration, Spritam may now be administered via nasogastric tube (NG tube) or gastrostomy tube (G tube). The approval was based on data confirming that the drug can be ...

Gastrostomy Tube Placement in Patients With Advanced Dementia or Near End of Life. Nutrition in Clinical Practice, October 2014 DOI: 10.1177/0884533614546890 ...