This is unacceptable given the importance of these tubes to the safety and feeding of these vulnerable infants. Good nutrition and growth are essential for good outcomes. The insertion and use of ...

None of the parenting books, however, ever mentioned a feeding tube. When my baby was 3 months old, he had a swoop of Elvis-like hair, a habit of licking his toddler brother and an aversion to eating.

Advanced practitioner neonatal speech and language therapist Rachel Evans said: "Over the last three years, there has been a ...

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

She said the feeding tube was inserted while she was on life support in 1989, but it was never removed. It has caused her pain for nearly 35 years.

Deborah Lowe filed a lawsuit against a medical center after a feeding tube was allegedly found in her body from nearly 35 years ago ...

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 ...