Risk of stomach fistulas increased by prolonged use of stomach feeding tubes in children
Pediatric patients with intestinal failure often need gastrostomy tubes, or feeding tubes inserted into an opening created in the stomach, for long-term nutrition.
July 7, 2014 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: diet, feeding-tubes, intestinal-failure, on call diets, opening-created, stomach, the-stomach, tubes
Neonatal And Infant Feeding Disorders Program Saves Infants From Lifetime Of Feeding Tubes
An innovative approach to treating neonatal feeding problems at Nationwide Children’s Hospital has allowed infants who were struggling to feed orally to be discharged earlier and without feeding tubes, subsequently saving millions of annual healthcare charges…
September 7, 2011 · by · in Nutritional News · Tags: discharged-earlier, feeding-problems, feeding-tubes, hospital, innovative-approach, nationwide, nutrition, nutritional counseling, problems-at-nationwide, saving-millions, treating-neonatal
