background: tube feeding is used for patients, who are not able to eat orally but their digestive system can digest food. this method is safe and economical for patients, maintains the functions of the digestive system and reduces the risk of infection and sepsis. however, incorrect administration of this method of feeding results in problems such as aspiration pneumonia, infection, diarrhea, n...

background: today, early diagnosis of upper gastrointestinal (gi) tract malignancies and their surgical resection is becoming more feasible. one of the important side effects in upper gi tract malignancies is malnutrition which has direct relationship with postoperative complications. nonetheless, there is no easy regimen of nutrition for these patients especially for the first week after opera...

background: aspiration pneumonia is a potentially preventable illness requiring attention to small details of patient care. the type, management, and care of feeding should be carried out properly. materials andmethods: this is a prospective clinical study of enteral feeding on patients admitted to hospital with aspiration pneumonia. the known enteral nutritional methods, advantages,and disadva...

OBJECTIVES Despite the evidence that feeding-tube use in persons with advanced dementia is not associated with improved outcomes, there remains striking variation in their use. Yet, little is known about the national incidence of feeding-tube insertions, the circumstances of their insertion, and post-insertion health care use. DESIGN Secondary analysis of Minimum Data Set merged onto Medicare...

OBJECTIVES To examine family member's perceptions of decision-making and outcomes of feeding tubes. DESIGN Mortality follow-back survey. Sample weights were used to account for oversampling and survey design. A multivariate model examined the association between feeding tube use and overall quality of care rating regarding the last week of life. SETTING Nursing homes, hospitals, and assiste...

Nutrition is integral to the care of individuals with cystic fibrosis (CF). Better nutritional status is associated with improved pulmonary function. In some individuals with CF, enteral tube feeding can be useful in achieving optimal nutritional status. Current nutrition guidelines do not include detailed recommendations for enteral tube feeding. The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation convened an expe...

Feeding problems are common in older people with advanced dementia. When eating difficulties arise tube feeding is often initiated, unless there is a valid advance directive that refuses enteral feeding. Tube feeding has many pitfalls and complications. To date, no benefits in terms of survival, nutrition, or prevention of aspiration pneumonia have been demonstrated. Careful hand feeding is an ...

INTRODUCTION Every year, a large number of patients with dysphagia are placed on feeding tubes to prevent aspiration pneumonia. This prospective study was planned to compare the incidence of aspiration pneumonia and death in patients with dysphagia who were either fed orally or through a nasogastric tube. METHODS All patients aged 65 years or older, at the point of discharge from the geriatri...

BACKGROUND There is a lack of prognostic data regarding tube feeding of institutionalized elderly people. The objective of this study was to determine the impact of feeding tubes on the survival of nursing home residents with chewing and swallowing problems, and to follow the course of the tube-fed residents over one year. METHODS We conducted a cohort study with 12-month follow-up using Mini...