Two sixth-grade students from the Epstein Hillel School in Marblehead, Massachusetts have invented a new “designer” patch for young patients who use a feeding tube due to dysphagia — difficulty ...

As envisioned, ‘The Confidence Patch’ would simultaneously secure gastronomy feeding tubes to prevent leakage while also adding a touch of personal style to boost the confidence of those who ...

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A 4-year-old Virginia girl, Faith Johnson, died days after her feeding tube was dislodged at her special needs school. Her family says they were not immediately notified and believe the incident ...

She had been admitted four days earlier, on Feb. 18, following an incident the same day at NREP where her gastrojejunostomy (GJ) feeding tube, which she relied on for sustenance, was dislodged ...

Aim: To evaluate our early discharge program of preterm infants with nasogastric tube feeding (NTF) and close outpatient clinic follow-up with regard to safety, parent satisfaction and parental stress ...

2008;65(24):2347-2357. Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e.g., nasal or ...