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Nasogastric (Ryles) Tubes, What is a nasogastric tube? A nasogastric tube is a narrow-bore tube passed into the stomach via t...
PEG Feeding Tubes, For tube feeding over long periods of time, PEG feeding tubes are more comfortable and easier to use than a tube passed through your nose and down into your stomac...
Eustachian Tube Dysfunction, What is the Eustachian tube? The Eustachian tube is a narrow tube that connects the space behind the ear (the middle ear) with the b...
PEG Feeding Tubes - Indications and Management, Indications PEG is the preferred route of feeding and nutritional support in patients with a functional gastrointestinal system who require ...
Protein S Deficiency, Both free and total protein S are measured by ELISA methods. Total protein S levels rise with age but free protein S levels are not affecte...
Neural Tube Defects, What are neural tube defects? Neural Tube Defects (NTDs) arise secondary to abnormal embryonic development of the future central nervous system. , ...
Having a condition that increases the amount of fluid near the lungs - for example: Tracheo-oesophageal fistula - a channel between the airway and the food tube. Artificial ventilati...
Access Short-term access is usually achieved using nasogastric (NG) or nasojejunal (NJ) tubes. Opinions vary as to the initial continuous feeding rate. , Enteral nutrition Enteral...
Operations on the stomach (the drain often then comes out your nose and is called a 'nasogastric tube'). Operations on the bladder (the drain then usually comes out the ur...
Tube feeding of premature babies If premature babies are unable to feed from the breast or bottle, they are fed via a tube. A nasogastric tube goes in through the nose, d...
Strong painkillers by injection are usually needed to ease the pain. A nasogastric tube (a feeding tube passed through the nose into the stomach) may occasionally also be...
Treatment in hospital usually involves giving rehydration solution via a special tube called a nasogastric tube. This tube passes through the child's nose, down...
So extra nutrition is often needed, often via a vein or by a tube going into the stomach through the nose (nasogastric tube). Strong painkillers are likely to be used.
Often help with food intake is needed using a tube passed through the nose into the stomach (nasogastric tube) or a tube placed through the skin directly into the s...
Treatments for intussusception include: IV drip The child will probably need to have fluids given by a drip (intravenous or IV fluids) and a tube through their nose into their stomach (...
Also, thin, flexible tubes called urinary catheters and tubes going into veins or other parts of the body (drips, etc) are sometimes contaminated by MRSA.
This is done either by a tube that passes through your nose directly into your stomach (a nasogastric tube) or via a drip into your veins.
Malnutrition which may require assisted feeding methods, such as a tube being inserted down the nose into the stomach (nasogastric feeding), or providing nutrition through a needle s...
Sometimes swallowing problems mean that a nasogastric tube may be necessary. This is a tube that passes through your nose to your stomach so that food can be delivered to yo...
For example: Injury from a thin, flexible tube (a catheter). Surgery to the tube between the bladder and the end of the penis (the urethra).