Twenty-two subjects were included, 11 were tube-fed (mean age 84.3 years ± 6.0) and 11 were hand-fed (mean age 90.2 years ± 9.1). The daily costs of nursing home care were higher for the residents without feeding tubes compared with residents with tubes ($4219 ± 1546 vs $2379 ±...
After adjusting for sex, age, feeding status, Barthel index, pressure sores, and Norton scale, the mortality rate was not significantly different between the NGF and AHF groups (aOR = 2.38; 95% CI, 0.58–9.70; Table 3). Discussion The present study revealed that NGF is not associated...
The demand for acute medical services for older people has risen in recent years and increasing numbers of older people are having enteral feeding tubes placed to ensure they receive appropriate levels of nutrition and fluid safely once oral diet becomes unsafe or insufficient. However, their care ...
Spent Eight Years on a Feeding TubeDear Ann Landers: My mother-in-law recently passed away afterbeing on a feeding tube for over...By Landers
A 'Postpyloric Feeding Tube' refers to a type of feeding tube that is positioned beyond the ligament of Treitz, in the duodenal region, and is used for patients with severe gastrointestinal intolerance and high gastric residual volumes.
BACKGROUND: Despite general recognition that enteral tube feeding (ETF) is frequently employed in long-term care facilities and patients with dementia, remarkably little research has determined which factors are associated with its use in acutely ill older adults. In this study, we aimed to investig...
Darcy’s Blog: A Feeding Tube Challenge by Gunnar Esiason | Feb 9, 2021 | Feeding Tube, Guest Column Gunnar has asked me to write a blog with my feeding tube recipes for a few years now, but it never... Read More I Was the Victim of a Catastrophic Feeding Tube Failure by Gunnar...
It is widely supposed that there is no benefit, including extended survival and decreased rate of pneumonia, in patients with severe dementia receiving enteral tube feeding (TF). However, there have been few studies comparing the frequency of pneumonia before and after TF in severe dementia. Metho...
To assess the clinical course and outcome of demented elderly patients with severe disabilities, by feeding mode. The study was conducted in a skilled nursing department of a major psychogeriatric hospital in Israel. Eighty-eight patients aged 79 +/- 9 years were followed for 17 months: 62 ...
(in words of one of the viewers) food at him. He learned to use it for his own means, namely, to communicate his discontent with visitors passing by or taking photos while not giving anything in return. The story we are looking at turns from ‘a zoo visitor feeding a zoo animal’ ...