|
| |
| | Feeding Tube |
 | | A feeding tube should be suggested by the physician after swallowing tests have determined the patient can no longer safely eat sufficiently to maintain their body. | | | Should the patient experience bloating prior to or following any feeding, the patient's stomach and intestinal tract should be decompressed. | | | The ALS patient, their family and their caregivers should understand what is involved so they know all the pros and cons of deciding whether or not to proceed with getting a feeding tube. |
|
http://www.alsa-or.org/treatment/FeedingTube.htm
(3730 words)
|
|
| |
| | Enternal Feeding Tubes |
| | Tube feeding is widely used in critically ill patients. | | | There are several techniques described for placing this type of tube, and all are minimally invasive and require minimal surgical skill. | | | Tubes should be routinely flushed following feeding to prevent blockage. |
|
http://www.vetmed.lsu.edu/intensivecare/enternal.htm
(681 words)
|
|
| |
| | Feeding tube - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Many patients treated using a feeding tube lack the ability to survive on their own without such technology. | | | A needle is inserted through the abdomen, visualized within the stomach by the endoscope, and a suture passed through the needle is grasped by the endoscope and pulled up through the esophagus. | | | Placement may be temporary for the treatment of acute conditions or lifelong in the case of chronic disabilaties. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_tube
(718 words)
|
|
| |
| | Feeding Tube |
| | Because of previous stomach surgery and how extraordinarly burnt my throat was from radiation they had to do surgery to put the tube in. | | | They say her sores aren't healing because her eating of normal food is irritating the throat over and over again. | | | Can somebody please tell me all about the feeding tube, is it painful, does it help? |
|
http://oralcancerfoundation.org/archive_boards/medications/feeding_tube.htm
(1951 words)
|
|
| |
| | Facts on Dying 2004 - Information for Consumers - Brown University Center for Gerontology & Health Care Research |
| | Other helpful techniques are reminders to swallow and swallow multiple times per bolus, gentle coughs after each swallow, bolus size of less than 1 teaspoon, liquid supplements and facilitation techniques such as vibration, gentle brushing and icing of the cheeks and neck may help. | | | For the persons with severe dementia, a physician must rely on previously stated preferences in an advanced directive or rely on a family member to provide information on the patients wishes. | | | Please contact the webmaster with any feedback you may have. |
|
http://www.chcr.brown.edu/dying/CONSUMERFEEDINGTUBE.HTM
(802 words)
|
|
| |
| | TUBE FEEDING IN CYSTIC FIBROSIS |
| | It is important that everyone is aware of the different types available and are able to have their say in their choice (Table 2). | | | Patient support groups, such as PINNT (Patients receiving Intravenous or Nasogastric Nutritional Therapy) are helpful and can, for example, give advice about going on holidays with feeding. | | | Nasogastric, gastrostomy and jejunostomy feeds have all been used in CF and each method has merits and drawbacks. |
|
http://www.cfww.org/pub/newsletter/nl97b/nl97bd.htm
(1138 words)
|
|
| |
| | Enteral Feeding (Tube Feeding) |
| | The extent of its use ranges from supportive therapy, in which the tube supplies a portion of the needed nutrients, to primary therapy, in which the tube delivers all the necessary nutrients. | | | The feeding tube is placed either nasally or surgically and the choice of placement depends on many factors: | | | If the child has oral-motor feeding problems, the team should also include an occupational or speech therapist. |
|
http://depts.washington.edu/growing/Nourish/Tubes.htm
(645 words)
|
|
| |
| | CBS News Poll: Keep Feeding Tube Out March 24, 2005 10:30:06 |
| | In general, 73 percent say if a patient is in a coma with no brain activity, a close family member should have the right to tell the doctor to remove the feeding tube and let the patient die. | | | 82 percent say so; only 14 percent say they would not want their doctor to remove the feeding tube to let them die in that scenario. | | | Back in 1990, even more Americans -- 81 percent -- thought a close family member should have the right to tell a doctor to remove a feeding tube. |
|
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/23/opinion/polls/main682674.shtml
(1623 words)
|
|
| |
| | Inclusion Daily Express -- Terri Schiavo's Right To Live |
| | The three-member appeals court said that there is "no hope of a medical cure" and that there is "clear and convincing evidence" that she would not want to live in her present condition. | | | The appeal court ruled that "that there is no hope of a medical cure" and that there is "clear and convincing evidence" that Terri would not want to live in her present condition. | | | Terri's parents have produced documents from medical professionals that argue that Terri is alert, responsive and could benefit from rehabilitative therapies, including spoon-feeding. |
|
http://www.inclusiondaily.com/news/advocacy/schiavo01.htm
(7475 words)
|
|
| |
| | Feeding Tube for Head and Neck Cancer Patients |
| | Feeding tubes may also be put into place separate from any surgical procedures. | | | Feeding Tube for Head and Neck Cancer Patients | | | Other times the feeding tube is put in place in anticipation of other treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy. |
|
http://www.hncancer.com/feedingtube.shtml
(375 words)
|
|
| |
| | Tube Feeding |
| | They will not eat what they can not smell and vigorously fight force-feeding, even when they are in a weakened condition. | | | There are other good commercial pet milk-substitutes that can be used but these are what I have had experience in using. | | | This will become especially important if you are feeding kittens with teeth. |
|
http://www.cfainc.org/articles/tube-feeding.html
(1097 words)
|
|
| |
| | feeding tube device |
| | Since you know that your baby is getting a good meal every time he nurses, you may relax more about the whole situation. | | | The feeding tube can change all that from its very first use. | | | A feeding tube at breast may not be right for you. |
|
http://www.wiessinger.baka.com/bfing/gadgets/tube.html
(423 words)
|
|
| |
| | PetCareLibrary - Feeding Tube Care (pvy.com) |
| | Removing the tube too soon may mean a further surgery to replace it and higher risk of infection at the second surgery site. | | | The food you will be feeding through the tube will depend on the reason the tube was put in and what medical problems the pet may have. | | | The bandage needs to be replaced as often as necessary to keep the tube, and the skin opening where it enters the body, as clean as possible. |
|
http://www.pvy.com/pcl/articles/c100014/q10000228.htm
(545 words)
|
|
| |
| | Terri Schiavo's Feeding Tube Removed, Michael's Attorney Says |
| | "It is unclear if the port that accommodates her feeding tube has been surgically removed as her family was ordered to leave her room," the web site said. | | | This is the third time her feeding tube has been removed. | | | Terri will die a painful starvation and dehydration death in 7 to 10 days unless the feeding tube is reinserted. |
|
http://www.lifenews.com/bio802e.html
(354 words)
|
|
| |
| | CNN.com - Schiavo's feeding tube removed - Mar 18, 2005 |
| | Present were her doctor, a number of other health care providers and a representative of her husband and guardian, Felos said. | | | Friday's medical procedure was the third time the tube had been disconnected from the 41-year-old woman. | | | Felos said other legal efforts still are under way to have the feeding tube reconnected. |
|
http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/03/18/schiavo.brain-damaged
(1055 words)
|
|
| |
| | Feeding Tube Pockets |
| | young women whose baby underwent heart surgery first developed this simple, but effective, feeding tube pocket pouch. | | | The feeding tube not only interfered with people trying to hold the baby but also could swing around and irritate the baby's face. | | | This feeding tube was inserted into his nose and left in place securely taped to his face. |
|
http://www.pouchpals.com/feeding.htm
(265 words)
|
|
| |
| | -Feeding Tube~Dental Care |
| | Malalignment of teeth - developmental abnormalities such as problems with muscle tone, persistence of certain oral reflexes and patterns of movement may lead to orthodontic problems. | | | Oral hygiene is important when feeding by G-tube because the gums still need to be exercised in order to maintain their health. | | | What are some of the problems likely to occur in the tube fed person? |
|
http://endoflifecare.tripod.com/juvenilehuntingtonsdisease/id214.html
(858 words)
|
|
| |
| | WorldNetDaily: Congressional interventionfails to spare Terri Schiavo |
| | The Schindlers, however, insist their daughter, while severely handicapped, is responsive and demonstrates a strong will to live. | | | Michael Schiavo won a court order in 2000 to have his wife's feeding tube removed, claiming she was in a "persistent vegetative state" and had declared orally she wouldn't want to live in such a condition. | | | Michael Schiavo, who has been living with Jodi Centonze for 10 years, has said he will marry her after his wife's death. |
|
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43378
(1649 words)
|
|
| |
| | CBS News Trial By Legislation March 22, 2005 12:30:04 |
| | Such a hearing would likely be rather complicated, with testimony from doctors and others about Schiavo's condition. | | | Cruzan's parents wanted to take her off life-support but the Missouri courts said that they could not-- that there was no "clear and convincing evidence" that Cruzan would have wanted her feeding tube removed. | | | First, it applies only to one family and thus may create equal protection problems-- after all, why shouldn't other people who want to keep their loved ones on life support over the objections of others not also received tailor-made legislation? |
|
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/03/20/opinion/courtwatch/main681785.shtml
(2234 words)
|
|
| |
| | Court: Schiavo feeding tube won’t be reinserted - U.S. News - MSNBC.com |
| | “In fact, I fail to see any harm in reinserting the feeding tube,” he wrote. | | | An advocate of keeping Terri Schiavo on a life-supporting feeding tube demonstrates in front of the Woodside Hospice, where Schiavo is being cared for, in Pinellas Park, Fla., on Tuesday. | | | Her feeding tube was disconnected on Friday, and doctors have said that Schiavo, 41, could survive one to two weeks without water and nutrients. |
|
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7254897
(541 words)
|
|
| |
| | sonygamer29's Xanga Site |
| | Latest on the condition of Terri Schiavo as it becomes avalible. | | | Two doctors chosen by her parents say that she can recover. |
|
http://www.xanga.com/sonygamer29
(2939 words)
|
|
| |
| | Treatments: Feeding tube - WrongDiagnosis.com |
| | Count: Feeding tube is listed as a: treatment for 3 conditions; alternative treatment for 3 conditions; preventive treatment for 0 conditions; research treatment for 0 conditions. | | | Feeding tube as a treatment: The following list of conditions have 'Feeding tube' or similar listed as a treatment in our database: | | | By using this site you agree to our Terms of Use. |
|
http://www.wrongdiagnosis.com/treat/feeding_tube_printer.htm
(126 words)
|
|
| |
| | ICU-USA - Tour - ICU Equipment |
| | All information is intended for general knowledge only and to supplement services of the health care provider; it is not a substitute for medical advice or treatment for specific medical conditions. | | | The tube feeding flows through the feeding pump into the patient through a nasogastric, nasoduodenal, jejunostomy, or gastrostomy tube. | | | The dietician and doctor determine the amount of liquid tube feeding that a patient needs for each day. |
|
http://www.icu-usa.com/tour/equipment/feeding_tube.htm
(290 words)
|
|
| |
| | Gastric feeding tube - definition of Gastric feeding tube in Encyclopedia |
| | They are also used for feeding and for administrating drugs. | | | Nasogastric tubes can be used to drain the stomach's contents, particularly if the beneficiary is suffering from a bowel obstruction, toxicity (such as an overdose), nausea or is preparing for a pressing surgery under anaesthesia. | | | For continuous feeding, a gravity based system is employed, with the solution placed higher than the beneficiary's stomach. |
|
http://encyclopedia.laborlawtalk.com/Gastric_feeding_tube
(351 words)
|
|
| |
| | MedlinePlus Medical Encyclopedia: Feeding tube insertion - gastrostomy |
| | Risks for surgical or endoscopic feeding tube insertion are: | | | While the patient is deep asleep and pain-free (general anesthesia), a small incision is made on the left side of the abdomen. | | | This is often done through endoscopy (a long tube placed through the mouth into the stomach) by a gastroenterologist. |
|
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002937.htm
(380 words)
|
|
| |
| | Catholic World News : Pope gets feeding tube |
| | Because of the symptoms of Parkinson's disease, which have stiffened the muscles of his throat and chest, the Pope has had difficulty in breathing, swallowing, and clearing his throat. | | | His illness is long past but he is suffering great discomfort owing to medical interventions necessitated because of his poor posture. | | | Informed sources at the Vatican say that the Pope is able to eat, but the feeding tube became necessary because he was not able to take in enough food to sustain his recovery after surgery. |
|
http://www.cwnews.com/news/viewstory.cfm?recnum=36175
(784 words)
|
|
| |
| | WSAVA 2001 - Diagnostic and Therapeutic Approach to the Anorectic Cat |
| | The manner in which the food is presented is also important for influencing feeding. | | | Knowledge of the factors that influence normal feeding activity in cats enables the selection of feeding regimens and foods that will help maximize intake in clinically ill patients. | | | One should therefore tube-feed these cats as soon as the diagnosis of hepatic lipidosis has been made, rather than force-feed several commercial diets that the cat can develop an aversion to. |
|
http://www.vin.com/VINDBPub/SearchPB/Proceedings/PR05000/PR00168.htm
(1980 words)
|
|
| |
| | The PEG Tube |
| | When patients are unable to eat to nourish themselves, then a PEG tube may be placed through the skin into the stomach. | | | PEG stands for percutaneous (through the skin) endoscopic gastrotomy (stomach tube). | | | Liquid food can be infused through the tube into the stomach. |
|
http://www.gicare.com/pated/eistftpt.htm
(90 words)
|
|
| |
| | CNN.com - Woman's feeding tube removed - Oct. 16, 2003 |
| | The feeding tube was removed Wednesday from a woman who has been in a coma-like state since 1990, beginning a process that could take up to two weeks to bring about her death. | | | Michael Schiavo asked to have the feedings of his wife discontinued, claiming she had made clear in the past she did not want to live on life support. | | | But people in such a state occasionally grimace, cry or laugh, according to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke. |
|
http://www.cnn.com/2003/LAW/10/15/coma.woman/index.html
(727 words)
|
|
| |
| | USATODAY.com - Supreme Court again rejects request to reinsert Schiavo's feeding tube |
| | Sean Morrison, a professor of palliative medicine at the Mount Sinai School of Medicine in New York, said it is hard to predict what would happen if the tube were to be reinserted because it is highly unusual to do that after life-prolonging treatments have been stopped. | | | The parents asked that the feeding tube be reinserted immediately "in light of the magnitude of what is at stake and the urgency of the action required." | | | The Schindlers had asked the 11th Circuit and the Supreme Court to order the reinsertion of their daughter's feeding tube so a federal district court can review the case from its beginning, including whether there was enough "clear and convincing" evidence that she would have chosen to die in her current condition. |
|
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2005-03-30-high-court-schiavo_x.htm
(1124 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Original Holisticat (TM) Articles - Force-Feeding |
| | With some cats, there is no way they will tolerate force-feeding so they may need a stomach tube. | | | It is very common for cats with Chronic Renal Failure (CRF), to not want to eat. | | | However, if your cat will tolerate force-feeding, it sometimes will stimulate his/her appetite enough to want to eat on his/her own. |
|
http://www.holisticat.com/ffeed.html
(798 words)
|
|
| |
| | CBS News Fla. Gov. To Restore Feeding Tube? October 21, 2003 18:05:05 |
| | Court-appointed doctors have described Schiavo as being in a vegetative state, caused when her heart stopped in 1990 from a suspected chemical imbalance. | | | It is limited to cases in which the patient left no living will, is in a persistent vegetative state, has had nutrition and hydration tubes removed and where a family member has challenged the removal. | | | Felos says he'll go to court to keep Bush from ordering the tube to be re-inserted into Schiavo, who has been brain damaged for years. |
|
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/10/21/health/main579308.shtml
(918 words)
|
|
| |
| | Terri's Feeding Tube |
| | so im thinking they yanked her tube out... | | | who knows, mabye if he got a feeding tube earlier he would have lived? | | | paboYA want Mindsay Spicy Pork to put in Terri feeding tube for a good protein source. I korean baby, so no problem with spicy food or acid reflux disease. |
|
http://www.mindsay.com/comments/paboya/81
(258 words)
|
|
| |
| | Catholic Stance on Tube-Feeding Is Evolving (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Pope John Paul II has said feeding tubes are "morally obligatory" for most patients in vegetative states, and high-ranking cardinals have followed up by referring to Schiavo, saying that removing her feeding tube could lead to legalized euthanasia. | | | Initially, the spiritual mantle seemed to tilt in favor of Michael Schiavo, who says his wife would have wanted him to remove the feeding tube that has kept her alive since her brain was damaged from lack of oxygen after a heart attack 15 years ago. | | | Before this case, before the pope's statement, even conservatives such as Doerflinger say there was enough of a debate about the Catholic position that a person could choose which side to take: continue or discontinue tube-feeding. |
|
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A3798-2005Mar26.html
(967 words)
|
|
| |
| | WorldNetDaily: Granddaughter yanks grandma's feeding tube |
| | Todd explained that Gaddy had only a financial power of attorney, not a medical power of attorney, and Magouirk's living will carefully provided that a feeding tube and fluids should only be discontinued if she was comatose or in a "vegetative state" – and she was neither. | | | Ken Mullinax recalled that Todd said the only reason Magouirk was in the hospice in the first place was that the LaGrange Hospital had failed to exercise due diligence in closely examining the power of attorney Beth Gaddy said she had, as well as exercising the provisions of Magouirk's living will. | | | Once that was done, Magouirk would not be able to stay at the hospice. |
|
http://worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=43688
(1274 words)
|
|
| |
| | Florida Woman's Feeding Tube Removed |
| | A woman has a healthy breast removed after doctors looked at another patient's tissue sample. | | | LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Novartis said on Wednesday that it is recalling 2,712 bottles of an enteral feeding formula which was incorrectly labeled as a tube feeding formulated for diabetes which c... | | | PINELLAS PARK, Fla. (Reuters) - Doctors removed the feeding tube that has kept a brain-damaged Florida woman alive for 15 years on Friday after U.S. lawmakers tried to prolong her life by subpoenaing her to appear before Congress. |
|
http://www.medical-buzz.com/florida-woman-s-feeding-tube-removed,56233.html
(138 words)
|
|
| |
| | Chron.com Report: Pope may require feeding tube |
| | The procedure involves inserting a tube into the stomach to allow for artificial feeding. | | | APcom said the idea of inserting a feeding tube was a hypothesis that was being considered. | | | In addition to the breathing tube, John Paul suffers from Parkinson's disease, which makes it difficult for him to talk. |
|
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/rssstory.mpl/front/3106365
(717 words)
|
|
| |
| | BBC NEWS Americas Man offers $1m to invalid's spouse |
| | His lawyer Gloria Allred said Mr Schiavo had been informed of her client's offer in writing. | | | "With a date of March 18th quickly approaching, and no other viable hope for Terri to be able to keep her feeding tube, I felt compelled to act." |
|
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4339033.stm
(477 words)
|
|
| |
| | CNN.com - Pope being fed through a tube - Mar 30, 2005 |
| | The pope underwent a tracheotomy on February 24 and still has a tube inserted in his windpipe to help his breathing. | | | "To improve his calorific intake and promote an efficient recovery of his strength, nutrition via the positioning of a nasal-gastric tube has begun," Joaquin Navarro-Valls said in a statement released Wednesday. | | | On the Scene: Gupta: Nasal feeding tube usually temporary |
|
http://www.cnn.com/2005/WORLD/europe/03/30/pope.monday
(356 words)
|
|
| |
| | Schiavo's Feeding Tube Is Removed (washingtonpost.com) |
| | Doctors removed the feeding tube of America's most famous brain-damaged patient after a Florida judge rejected efforts by Republican leaders in Congress to stall the end of her feeding. | | | The prospect of Schiavo's death inflamed emotions in the Capitol on Friday as lawyers in Washington and Florida did battle. | | | Unless congressional Republicans can get the tube restored, medical experts said, Schiavo will die within two weeks. |
|
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A46505-2005Mar18.html
(746 words)
|
|
| |
| | Gastrostomy Tube |
| | G-Tube provides 12 to 14 times more effective decompression while simultaneously feeding enterally. | | | The suction channel supplements the inefficient gastric site with more efficient aspiration within the proximal duodenum. | | | Michael Moss, Moss Tubes, Inc., P.O. Box 378, West Sand Lake, NY 12196 Voice: (518) 674-3109, Fax: (518) 674-8067 |
|
http://www.mosstubesinc.com/gastro.html
(93 words)
|
|
| |
| | Infant Feeding Tube |
| | Soft and rounded tip to prevent trauma during application | | | Radio Opaque line is provided throughout the length for X-Ray visualisation | | | Proximal end is fitted with female luer mount for easy connection to feeding funnel or syringe |
|
http://www.suru.com/ifeed.htm
(59 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Religious Right Faces its Purgatory |
| | Last year began with many politicians trying to retool their messages to appeal to the religious right, and with Christian conservatives demanding action on their social agenda. | | | Large majorities of the public disapproved of the move, however, and Republican approval ratings dropped immediately afterwards. | | | The clout of the religious right was put on display when Bush and both houses of Congress rushed back from Easter recess to allow courts to block the removal of a feeding tube from Terri Schiavo. |
|
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/0110-04.htm
(922 words)
|
|
| |
| | NPR : Doctors Connect Pope to Nasal Feeding Tube |
| | The announcement follows the pontiff's unexpected and brief appearance at his window over St. Peter's Square, during which he tried, but was unable, to speak. | | | NPR.org, March 30, 2005 · Pope John Paul II is being fed through a nasal tube in order to boost his caloric intake, the Vatican says. | | | NPR : Doctors Connect Pope to Nasal Feeding Tube |
|
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4567331&sourceCode=RSS
(158 words)
|
|
|
