A Wisconsin woman sued the hospital that performed a lifesaving procedure on her, claiming that they left a feeding tube inside her — 35 years ago. The post ‘They took my whole life’: Woman lived with ...
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 ...
A shocking discovery for a woman as she says a surgical feeding tube was left inside her body for 35 years, causing her continuous pain and health complications.Deborah Lowe filed ...
Nasogastric intubation is easy and is an effective means of delivering nutrition and fluids when other feeding methods are not feasible. This column describes how to place a nasogastric tube in a ...
Materials used for neonatal feeding tubes need to be resilient across wide ranges of pH, gentle to fragile tissues, and have the tensile strength to allow for the largest possible interior lumen ...