There is overwhelming evidence that the maintenance of enteral feeding is beneficial in patients in whom oral access has been diminished or lost. Short-term enteral access is usually achieved via naso ...

Inclusion criteria: all babies >34 weeks of corrected gestational age and >1.5 Kg who were medically fit for discharge but stayed in hospital while transitioning from nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding to ...

As patients are usually unable to swallow oral drugs and many drugs should not be crushed, ways have to be found to administer them through the feeding tube. Measures to improve the quality of oral ...

To determine if enteral tube feeding by the transpyloric versus the gastric route improves feeding tolerance, and growth and development, without increasing adverse events, in preterm infants. Methods ...

AIM To study continuously cerebral blood flow velocity in the middle cerebral artery before, during, and after tube feeding in neonates. METHOD Cerebral blood flow velocity was measured in 14 neonates ...

Introduction Smell and taste of milk are not generally considered when tube feeding preterm infants. Preterm infants have rapid growth, particularly of the brain, and high caloric needs. Enteral ...

We report a study of enteral feeding by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in 30 patients, the majority with a persistent vegetative state. All patients had previously been fed through a nasogastric ...

We therefore suggest the use of reflex placement in patients who have suffered a stroke and need tube feeding due to dysphagia.