Babies and their feeding tubes were at the center of this Tennessee photographer’s newborn photo shoot, titled “Fed Is Best.” Six-month-old Katherine was one of the three babies who proudly showed off ...

A new feeding tube being developed by a University of Utah startup company would prevent placement of the feeding tube in the lungs, which often results in death, according to a news release from the ...

Enteral nutrition what goes through a tube feeding to replace or supplement oral nutrition. If you cannot get enough nutrition by eating or drinking through your mouth, you may need a feeding tube.

A variety of access routes into the gastrointestinal tract and a range of feeding tube types are used for enteral feeding. This article is a practical guide and comes with a self-assessment enabling ...

Am J Health Syst Pharm. 2008;65(24):2347-2357. Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e.g., ...

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...