Intubation, Gastrointestinal

To examine survival with and without a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) feeding tube using rigorous methods to account… Expand

OBJECTIVES: To examine family member's perceptions of decision‐making and outcomes of feeding tubes. 

CONTEXT Tube-feeding is of questionable benefit for nursing home residents with advanced dementia. Approximately two-thirds of US… Expand

1. Gordon C, Langton-Hewer R, Wade DT. Dysphagia in acute stroke. Br Med J 1987; 295: 411–4. 2. Rowat A, Wardlaw J, Dennis M… Expand

OBJECTIVE To compare the costs associated with caring for severely demented residents nursing homes with and without feeding… Expand

BackgroundIn order to determine the type and incidence of pulmonary complications associated with the placement of narrow-bore… Expand

We prospectively evaluated 71 nasoenteral feeding tube insertions in critically ill patients and found a 4% incidence of… Expand

Feedback regulation of pancreatic enzyme secretion occurs in rats. Whether such a system exists in man remains unsettled and the… Expand

The effect of a gastrointestinal tube on the passage of a radiolabeled solid meal through the stomach and small intestine was… Expand

As early as 1790 John Hunter of London reported the use of a stomach tube for the purpose of feeding a patient with paralysis of… Expand