Introduction: Feeding difficulties are common following neonatal surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) and often lead to tube assisted feeding (TAF), defined as feeding via enteral tube, alone or ...

Negombo, October 22 (Daily Mirror) - A special surgery, the endoscopic Eustachian tube surgery, was performed for the first time in Sri Lanka yesterday at Negombo General Hospital by a medical team ...

Six months after a routine tonsillectomy led to life-threatening complications, Liam Klaver faces new challenges as he returns to 7th grade. Liam's return to school in Muskego looks very different ...

A nasogastric tube goes into your nose and down to your stomach to give you nutrients and hydration if you have difficulty swallowing. The thin, soft tube is flexible and allows food to enter the ...

In the largest Nordic study to date concerning oesophageal cancer surgery, the researchers found clear evidence that decompression with a nasogastric tube is associated with less serious complications ...

Clinical question: How frequently are feeding tubes placed during hospitalization in older adults with dementia, and what patient or regional factors influence their use? Background: Feeding tube ...

After my husband Todd’s ALS diagnosis in 2010, we regularly monitored the forced vital capacity (FVC) of his lungs. This was because the neurologist at our ALS clinic had told us that if Todd wanted ...

Somebody who can’t eat or drink through their mouth may be given liquid food through a tube into their stomach. This is called enteral tube feeding. The tube passes through their nose into their ...

Gastric tubes are available in a variety of materials, sizes and configurations. The composition of a medical device should be determined by the environment in which it is meant to reside and the ...

Several medications interact with EN, and patients should be monitored for altered clinical response or subtherapeutic drug levels. [13] The more common drug–nutrient interactions are described below.

Boss is the director of pediatric otolaryngology and a professor of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Pediatrics, and Health Policy & Management at Johns Hopkins University. Tunkel is the director ...