Support for nurses delivering care to children and young people with eating disorders who require restrictive physical interventions.
Orogastric and nasogastric tubes are used for both decompression and feeding in the NICU. The placement and use of these tubes are one of the most frequent nursing procedures in the NICU.
Nasogastric intubation is easy and is an effective means of delivering nutrition and fluids when other feeding methods are not feasible. This column describes how to place a nasogastric tube in a ...
It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be placed surgically, endoscopically or by interventional radiology. Nasogastric Tube (NG): An NG tube passes through ...
The Feeding Enhancement and Development (FEED) Clinic at Johns Hopkins All Children’s provides outpatient support to reduce ...
A retired fireman died after a feeding tube was mistakenly inserted ... he had difficulty eating and drinking. On 17 January a nasogastric tube was inserted in a procedure to administer medication ...