Aims: A previous retrospective review of CDH cases repaired from 1996-2007 revealed a mortality rate comparable to other centres. A follow-on study was then begun to more accurately examine mortality, ...

At least 250,000 US hospitalized patients a year require enteral support using an artificial pathway into the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver nutrition or medication. In light of this, the ...

Table 1: Overview of the Holzinger et al. (2011) trial Table 2: Summary of results from the Holzinger et al. (2011) trial Table 3: Overview of the Gray et al. (2007) study Table 4: Overview of the ...

Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.

If you stop to think about it, it’s pretty amazing how we get energy into our bodies. For most of us, we ingest calories orally by eating (hopefully nutritious and delicious) food and drink. These ...

A malpositioned nasogastric tube, improper feeding site, large gastric volume and supine position are the main risk factors for aspiration during enteral feeding. When enteral formulations or ...