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2. Feeding tube - Wikipedia

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   A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot obtain nutrition by mouth, are unable to swallow safely, or need nutritional supplementation. The state of being fed by a feeding tube is called gavage, enteral feeding or tube feeding. Placement may be temporary for the treatment of acute conditions or lifelong ...

3. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy - Wikipedia

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   Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an endoscopic medical procedure in which a tube (PEG tube) is passed into a patient's stomach through the abdominal wall, most commonly to provide a means of feeding when oral intake is not adequate (for example, because of dysphagia or sedation).

4. Gastric intubation - Wikipedia

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   A nasogastric tube is used for feeding and administering drugs and other oral agents such as activated charcoal. For drugs and for minimal quantities of liquid, a syringe is used for injection into the tube. For continuous feeding, a gravity based system is employed, with the solution placed higher than the patient's stomach.

5. Karen Ann Quinlan - Wikipedia

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   When Quinlan was removed from her ventilator in May 1976, she surprised many by continuing to breathe unaided. Her parents never sought to have her feeding tube removed. "We never asked to have her die. We just asked to have her put back in a natural state so she could die in God's time," Julia Quinlan said. [3] She was moved to a nursing home.

6. Graz tube weaning model - Wikipedia

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   Tube weaning program is specifically designed for premature infants and children who are fed via a nasogastric, nasojejunal, gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube. The treatment is performed either when the feeding tube is no longer needed or if children experience side effects and poor response to enteral feeding.

7. Caregiver - Wikipedia

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   Sometimes feeding tubes are used to give food to people with dementia, especially when they are in the hospital or a nursing home. [23] While feeding tubes can help people gain weight, they carry risks including bleeding, infection, pressure ulcers, and nausea. [23] Whenever possible, use assisted feeding in preference. [23] Besides being a ...

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9. Enteral administration - Wikipedia

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   A man with a nasogastric tube allowing food and medicine to be delivered through the nose and straight to the stomach. Enteral administration may be divided into three different categories, depending on the entrance point into the GI tract: oral (by mouth), gastric (through the stomach), and rectal (from the rectum).