HEADINGS Tube feeding. Enteral nutrition. Anthropometry. Esophagogastroduodenoscopy. ABSTRACT Background -The correct placement of a nasogastric tube for enteral nutrition is subject of several investigations, demonstrating the controversy of the procedure. Aim To establish an external measure that can correspond to the internal measurement which determines the insertion length of nasogastric f...

A 74-year-old male with a history of diabetes and Parkinson's disease presented to our hospital due progressive dysphagia for 3 months. He also had frequent choking been admitted another pneumonia before visiting hospital. surgery anterior cervical discectomy fusion (ACDF) 16 years ago osteomyelitis myeloradiculopathy. Cervical roentgenograms showed migrated plate-locking screws, indicating mal...

Aims: To recognize the importance of considering perforation of viscus in the differential of peritonitis after upper gastrointestinal endoscopy in peritoneal dialysis patients and to address the potential benefit of antibiotic prophylaxis in PD patients undergoing upper GI procedures. Presentation of Case: We report the case of a 54-year-old African American female with end-stage renal disease...

A 59-year-old female with a history of multiple splanchnic and portal thromboses treated with warfarin underwent an esophagogastroduodenoscopy for cancer screening, and a polypoid mass was biopsied. One week later, she was admitted with upper gastrointestinal hemorrhage. Her therapeutic coagulopathy was reversed with fresh frozen plasma, and she was transfused with packed red blood cells. An es...