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	Tube Feeding
		Feeding tubes may be inserted through the nasal passageway for short-term use, but for those patients who require longer use of the tube, it is customary to place the tube directly into the stomach through the abdominal wall.
		The feeding tube may also be put in place in anticipation of other treatments such as radiation or chemotherapy, allowing the patient to adapt to its use prior to treatments.
		After the tube is placed, a registered dietitian or a nurse who specializes in nutrition should assess the patient to determine their nutritional needs, the amount of calories, protein, and fluids that will be necessary, as well as the most appropriate nutritional formula and how much of that formula will be needed each day.
	www.oralcancerfoundation.org /dental/tube_feeding.htm (1334 words)

	Feeding Tubes for Infants and Children with Sensory, Swallowing and Oral Motor Problems: Issues
		Tube feedings may be initiated as a temporary measure to increase the child's nutritional status and improve growth.
		Feeding tubes are given to support life, and to make it easier for the child to grow without the risk of malnutrition, excessive fatigue, or aspiration.
		When tube feedings are initiated immediately after birth, the infant lacks the opportunity to build associations between positive sensations in the mouth and the reduction of hunger, or the social interaction with another person that surrounds a meal.
	www.new-vis.com /fym/papers/p-feed12.htm (3153 words)

	Non-occluding high flow enteral feeding tube - Patent 4594074
		The enteral feeding tube of claim 6 wherein the inner diameter of the longitudinal passage is generally equal to the inner diameter of the tube.
		The enteral feeding tube of claim 6 wherein the transverse sectional height of the side walls is between one-half the inner diameter of the tube and the sum of the inner diameter of the tube and thickness of the tube wall.
		The enteral feeding tube of claim 13 wherein the transverse sectional height of the recessed portions is between one-half the inner diameter of the tube and the sum of the tube inner diameter and the thickness of the tube wall.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4594074.html (5714 words)

	Facts on Dying 2004 - Information for Consumers - Brown University Center for Gerontology & Health Care Research
		Feeding tube may provide nutrition to people who have difficulty swallowing or unable to eat for medical reasons.
		However, the majority of feeding tubes are inserted because the patient has difficulty swallowing and they are unable to continue eating without the risk of swallowing food into the lungs.
		Tube feeding doesn't correct the swallowing problem with dementia and you are still at risk of aspiration pneumonia.
	www.chcr.brown.edu /dying/CONSUMERFEEDINGTUBE.HTM (802 words)

	Haya-Ji
		Tube feeding reduces the risk of aspiration hugely, and allows an exact amount of food to be placed directly into the stomach fairly quickly.
		I have found tube feeding to be an absolutely necessary skill, and far preferable to attempting force feedings with a syringe.
		With tube feeding you are being safer, neater, and can feed four or five kittens in a matter of 20 minutes versus an hour and a half.
	www.hayaji.com /faqTube.html (981 words)

	Tube Feeding
		A #5 feeding tube is very fine, simple to insert and a good size for kittens under three ounces.
		If the kittens you are feeding are new-born and either orphaned or getting no milk from their mother then for the first few days it is best to feed, through the day, every three hours.
		You can gradually increase the amount so that if you are still tubing when they weigh two pounds, (which is unlikely with cats), you will be giving almost two c.c.'s of formula for each ounce of body weight at each feeding but you need only feed every six hours.
	www.cfa.org /articles/tube-feeding.html (1070 words)

	Life on a Feeding Tube
		If I did not have the choice of using a feeding tube at home, I would have to spend months or even years in the hospital to keep me alive.
		I have in a j-tube which is a feeding tube which goes directly into the jejunum, a part of the small intestines.
		It is difficult to have it placed, and to live with a tube in your nose, but fortunately mine was only temporary.
	www.monkeygirl.atfreeweb.com /feedingtube.htm (420 words)

	Purrinlot Cattery- Tube feeding help for kittens
		Another full tube feeding video clip (6.5 mbs) showing the entire process- it is about 2.5 minutes long, and without a cable modem- may take a tad of a while to download.
		Measure to the beginning of the last rib cage with the feeding tube- measure from the mouth to the rib.
		Tube feeding is very helpful, mostly because you put the milk into the stomach without chancing getting it in the lungs, and you know exactly how much the kitten eats.
	www.purrinlot.com /tube.htm (940 words)

	FEEDING TUBES
		Bottle feeding might be required with "orphaned" kittens, kittens born with a caesarian section which can cause the production of milk to fail or obstructs the mother-child relation, underdeveloped nipples which makes it impossible for the mother to feed her kittens, too large litters, acute infection of the womb, problems related to blood type (e.g.
		Sterilizing bottles and teats, a strict feeding schedule, all the hassles of clogged up teats, or teats that were accidentally punctured too widely, and not to mention the alarm clock that wakes you up every 2 to 3 hours for feeding.
		Tube feeding is recommended for very young, weak or ill kittens who don't have enough strength to suck up sufficient milk, and who, on vet's orders, need extra food.
	www.geocities.com /catdatandl/ENG_tubefeed.html (2193 words)

	Enteral Tube Nutrition: Nutritional Support: Merck Manual Professional
		Enteral tube nutrition is indicated for patients who have a functioning GI tract and cannot ingest enough nutrients orally because they require intensive protein and caloric support or they are unable or unwilling to take oral feedings.
		Jejunostomy tubes are useful for patients with contraindications to gastrostomy (eg, gastrectomy, bowel obstruction proximal to the jejunum).
		For bolus feeding, total daily volume is divided into 4 to 6 separate feedings, which are injected through the tube with a syringe or infused by gravity from an elevated bag.
	www.merck.com /mmpe/print/sec01/ch003/ch003b.html (1012 words)

	ICU-USA - Tour - ICU Equipment
		A liquid tube feeding pump is a specialized pump designed to accurately deliver liquid tube feeding to a patient.
		The tube feeding pump delivers the liquid tube feeding to the patient at a constant rate over a twenty four hour period.
		The tube feeding is usually in a container that is connected to the feeding pump.
	www.icu-usa.com /tour/equipment/feeding_tube.htm (290 words)

	Feeding Tube Insertion - Gastrostomy - Health Centers
		A gastrostomy feeding tube insertion is the placement of a feeding tube through the skin and the stomach wall, directly into the stomach.
		Gastrostomy feeding tube insertion is often done through the mouth, by a procedure called endoscopy.
		Gastrostomy feeding tubes are put in for different reasons.
	www.newsnet5.com /encyclopedia/6863649/detail.html (579 words)

	Gastrostomy feeding device - Patent 4666433
		The invention relates to a new and improved feeding tube, nad more specifically to a gastrostomy feeding tube that is insertable through a stoma in the patient's stomach wall and secured within the patient's stomach and against the abdominal wall.
		According to the invention, a gastrostomy feeding tube is provided for insertion thorough the stoma of the patient's stomach wall and into the patient's stomach.
		The portion 18 of the catheter tube 11 between the ring 17 and balloon 16 is secured within the stoma, and this arrangement of the balloon and ring prevents the catheter from being drawn into the patient's stomach.
	www.freepatentsonline.com /4666433.html (2318 words)

	Woman's feeding tube removed - World - www.theage.com.au
		Doctors removed the feeding tube that has kept a brain-damaged Florida woman alive for 15 years after US politicians tried to prolong her life by subpoenaing her to appear before Congress.
		The feeding tube was removed from Terri Schiavo, the woman at the centre of a long and furious right-to-die battle, at 1.45pm yesterday (5.45AM AEDT today) and she was expected to die in seven to 14 days.
		Republican congressional leaders made the last-minute bid to keep the feeding tube in place by subpoenaing Terri Schiavo to appear before hearings and committees later in the month, a move that would have granted her protection as a witness in a congressional inquiry.
	www.theage.com.au /news/World/Womans-feeding-tube-removed/2005/03/19/1111086052842.html?from=moreStories (1127 words)

	Quality Matters (Tube Feeding)
		The decision to use a feeding tube must address the risks and benefits involved.[1] The risks of being fed by a feeding tube may outweigh the benefits.
		Tube feeding is associated with the development of pneumonia, bacteremia and the acquisition of C. Difficile as well as other diarrheal illnesses.[13,14]
		Feeding tubes are often used in the belief that tube feeding decreases the risk of aspiration, yet there is no evidence that tube feeding decreases the risk of aspiration.
	mqa.dhs.state.tx.us /qmweb/TubeFeeding.htm (3169 words)

	Tube Feeding a Baby with Infant Acid Reflux or GERD - InfantRefluxDisease.com
		A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to patients who cannot or will not obtain nutrition orally.
		The state of being fed by a feeding tube is called enteral feeding or tube feeding.
		Placement may be temporary for the treatment of acute conditions, usually with nasal tubes, or lifelong in the case of chronic disabilities in which case a tube is placed surgically directly into the stomach or small intestine.
	new.infantrefluxdisease.com /tube-feeding-babies.php (504 words)

	Tube feeding
		Bags and tubing begins to make sure we were tube feeding well fed. There may be tube feeding different, the peg tube, in kelly.
		Tube feeding the tube feeding feeding usually performed every months as there is a necessity.
		DO tube feeding not tube feeding give the kitten, to swallow and meal times took notes and parenteral nutrition.
	tube-feeding.akrarugby.com /tube-feeding_44.html (281 words)

	How do you put in a feeding tube? - By Daniel Engber - Slate Magazine
		Up to that point, feeding tubes were put in on the operating table, and surgeons had to cut holes first in a patient's abdomen and then in the wall of his stomach.
		After a patient spends about a month with a feeding tube, the holes in her abdomen and her stomach begin to fuse together.
		Schiavo's tube was probably pulled out and replaced multiple times over the years for reasons that had nothing to do with the legal battles over her care.
	www.slate.com /id/2115227 (768 words)

	Reducing Feeding-Tube Use -- MEDICA Portal (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The dependence on a feeding tube after treatment is a major problem for these patients.
		A feeding tube was placed in 56 of these 90 patients (62 percent): 19 before radiation therapy; 26 during radiation therapy; and 11 after radiation therapy.
		Two-thirds of the men had the feeding tube removed during the follow-up period, with only 15 percent retaining the tube after 18 months.
	www.medica.de /cgi-bin/md_medica/custom/pub/content.cgi?lang=2&ticket=g_u_e_s_t&oid=19902 (320 words)

	tube.html
		Tube feeding is a method of providing nutrition to people who cannot sufficiently obtain calories by eating or to those who cannot eat because they have difficulty swallowing.
		Tubes which transport nutritional formulas can be inserted into the stomach (G-tubes), through the nose and into the stomach (NG-tubes), or through the nose and into the small intestine (NJ tubes).
		With all tube feeding approaches, if a person is able, he/she may continue eating and drinking while the tube feeding provides the consistent caloric intake needed for weight maintenance or gain.
	www.kumc.edu /hospital/huntingtons/tube.html (930 words)

	Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy Glossary of Terms with Definitions on MedicineNet.com
		During the insertion of the cannula, its lumen (interior) is usually occupied by a trocar, a solid shaft, to stiffen it.
		This opening may be used for feeding usually via a feeding tube called a gastrostomy tube.
		PEG is a surgical procedure for placing a feeding tube but does not necessitate doing an open laparotomy (operation on the abdomen).
	www.medicinenet.com /percutaneous_endoscopic_gastrostomy/glossary.htm (1700 words)

	The Case of Theresa Schiavo - The New York Review of Books
		The removal of this feeding tube was repeatedly described as "honoring her directive." This, again, was inaccurate: there was no directive.
		There was an insensitivity in the timing of the removal of the feeding tube, which took place on the Friday before Palm Sunday, meaning that the gradual process of dying coincided with a week that for Christians has specifically to do with sacrificial suffering and death.
		It was the physical removal of the tube that led to the perceived inexorability of the countdown.
	www.nybooks.com /articles/18050 (6805 words)

	Feeding tube - infants Information on Healthline
		Feedings from the breast or bottle require strength and quite a bit of coordination to accomplish.
		Tube (gavage) feedings allow the baby to get some or all of their feeding into the stomach, which is the most efficient and safest way to provide good nutrition.
		Occasionally, in babies with feeding problems, the tip of the tube may be placed past the stomach into the small intestine to provide slower, continuous feeds.
	www.healthline.com /adamcontent/feeding-tube-infants (303 words)

	Feeding Tube Pockets
		This feeding tube was inserted into his nose and left in place securely taped to his face.
		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 small feeding-tube pocket pouch is made of soft flannel and holds the NG feeding tube in place.
	www.pouchpals.com /feeding.htm (265 words)

	Tube feeding picture
		Would nasogastric tubes since it should be level with advanced dementia lack of tube feeding has ended.
		When tube feeding picture the tubing causing the bolster each feeding the incision is morally wrong.
		Tube feeding picture there is a swallowing study did experience comfort despite minimal intake enteral supplementation becomes a community setting.
	feeding-tube.akrarugby.com /tube-feeding-picture.html (623 words)

	Senate Approves Bill In Terri Case
		The 41-year-old woman's feeding tube was removed on Friday under a Florida state court order.
		The feeding tube has twice been halted and resumed in the past amid legal wrangles, and Schiavo was expected to survive for one to two weeks without it.
		Schiavo has been fed through a stomach tube since a heart attack starved her brain of oxygen in 1990, leaving her in what the courts declared was a persistent vegetative state.
	www.rense.com /general63/senate.htm (634 words)

	Spurred by Schiavo, Catholics turn to church for legal guidance - Boston.com
		Appalled by seeing swollen hospital patients on feeding tubes and respirators during his career, Kelly, 78, signed a legal document with the encouragement of his Catholic priest.
		Before Schiavo died, the late Pope John Paul II said that feeding tubes should be considered mandatory care for vegetative patients, even if hope for a full recovery wanes.
		O'Rourke said people who insist on indefinitely feeding vegetative patients are selectively emphasizing abstract guidance from the Vatican that is supposed to be applied on a case-by-case basis.
	www.boston.com /news/local/rhode_island/articles/2006/12/02/spurred_by_schiavo_catholics_turn_to_church_for_legal_guidance (927 words)

	Esophageal atresia
		The esophagus is the tube that normally carries food from the mouth to the stomach.
		After birth, as soon as the diagnosis is suspected, an attempt to pass a small feeding tube (nasogastric tube) through the mouth or nose into the stomach should be made.
		The feeding tube will not be able to pass all the way to the stomach in a baby with esophageal atresia.
	www.adam.com /democontent/hie/ency/article/000961.htm (505 words)

	Life and Death - Nursing - allnurses.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		When, six years later, Schiavo petitioned the court to remove Terri's feeding tube, he claimed she had on one occasion told him that if she were ever in a situation of needing to be "artificially maintained," that she did not want any kind of life support.
		Schiavo to withdraw the gastric feeding tube which sustains the ward, he claims that the ward told him after their marriage that she would not want to be kept alive artificially," Pearse wrote.
		He continued: "The only direct evidence probative of the issue of the ward's intent is the hearsay testimony of the ward's feeding tube which would inevitably result in her death" However, his credibility is necessarily adversely affected by the obvious financial benefit to him in the event of her death while still married to him.
	www.allnurses.com /forums/f112/life-death-46955.html (4012 words)

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