This means feeding tubes don't provide 100 per cent protection against aspiration pneumonia. In some cases, a feeding tube may supply more fluid and nutrition than the patient actually needs.

If the feeding tube is blindly inserted, radiographic confirmation of correct placement is recommended before administration of medication or feeding. 2 There should be no exceptions to this rule, ...

A Swindon woman died of sepsis after being discharged from hospital despite concerns from her family that something was wrong.

Until then, he'll have to keep using a feeding tube. That keeps the pressure on his mother, who says she's already put her career on hold to take care of her son. "I'm a lot better with it now.… ...

Terri Schiavo, the brain-damaged Florida woman at the heart of a bitter right-to-die dispute, died Thursday morning, 13 days after her feeding tube was removed. INDEPTH: Terri Schiavo ...

Lakewood Church shooter, Genesse Moreno, 36, kept her son on a feeding tube he didn't need in order to cash in government checks, her mother-in-law alleges.

Kearns PJ, Donna C. A controlled comparison of traditional feeding tube verification methods to a bedside, electromagnetic technique. JPEN 2001; 25:210–5. OpenUrl Abstract/FREE Full Text Google ...