PEG tube placement in patients with an infection is not advised and should be discussed by the multidisciplinary team. Due to the invasive nature of the procedure and high risk of site infection (the ...

not under a general anaesthetic Complications that can occur include infection and tube blockage Patients and carers must be taught how to care for the PEG and keep the insertion site clean Patients ...

Your doctors will watch you closely for any signs of infection ... of gauze after cleaning. PEG and PEG-J tubes. Always use tape or a fixation device to keep the tube in place.

A feeding tube is a device that ... around the tube insertion site you have drainage around the site after several days you have signs and symptoms of an infection, including redness, swelling ...

Nutritional support was maintained by nasogastric tube feeding ... endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) was performed. Three weeks after the PEG, the patient had a wound infection and abdominal distension ...

Thus, in the long-term, complications can arise such as leaking, chronic infection, bleeding and hypergranulation, among others. It is important that the feeding tube site and the peritubular area ...

This type of tube is placed by means of the percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) technique ... the tube through the gastrostomy-tube site. Use an empty syringe to aspirate the water from ...

Opens in a new tab or window CHICAGO -- Centenarians who required percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) appeared to do as well with the tube placement, researchers reported here. In-hospital ...

She was being fed via a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube that had been changed three days earlier at her nursing home and had become blocked. Because she could not receive her ...