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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. Assisted feeding - Wikipedia

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   A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to patients who cannot obtain nutrition by mouth, are unable to swallow safely, or need nutritional supplementation. [1] Patients who are able to use assisted feeding should have that in preference to tube feeding whenever possible. [1]

5. Food Network Chef Shirley Chung Made the ‘Hard Decision’ to ...

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   Chef Shirley Chung is sharing her progress during her cancer journey.. On Thursday, Oct. 3, Chung checked in via Instagram from Chicago to thank her supporters “for the out pouring love and ...

6. Man, 27, had what doctors thought were recurring sinus ... - AOL

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   This new tumor grew so rapidly that doctors gave Agler another tracheostomy and a feeding tube. But doctors worried this mass could harm Agler. ... Most patients receive chemotherapy for a year ...

7. Gastric intubation - Wikipedia

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   The tube is then marked at this level to ensure that the tube has been inserted far enough into the patient's stomach. Many commercially available stomach and duodenal tubes have several standard depth markings, for example 46 cm (18 in), 56 cm (22 in), 66 cm (26 in) and 76 cm (30 in) from distal end; infant feeding tubes often come with 1 cm ...