Nursing faculty and undergraduate research assistants were honored as the Nov. 1 football game’s “Blue Turf Thinkers,” a ...

It seems that Lorenzo with his unusual longevity was an outlier, his survival perhaps due more to the extraordinary care and attention he received from his parents than to the oil administered through ...

A teenage girl allegedly starved by her parents in Perth told hospital carers she "never had a voice", the WA District Court ...

The case of the malnourished teenager and the parents whom police have accused of deliberately starving her has been aired in ...

Susan McGowan, 58, from Lanarkshire, died from multiple organ failure, septic shock and pancreatitis after taking two ...

A man accused of failing to properly care for his teenage daughter, allowing her to develop severe malnutrition, has told a ...

This is the organ system that runs from the mouth to the anus and includes the pharynx (throat), esophagus (feeding tube), stomach ... People at increased risk are those who eat a low-fiber diet, have ...

A FORMER Premier League star battling motor neurone disease now has to eat through a tube after a “life-changing” procedure. Stephen Darby, 36, was forced to retire from professional ...

Riss et al. [37] described the administration of extended-release carbamazepine capsules through the feeding tube in children. Capsule contents were mixed with 15 mL of water, and tube flushes ...

2008;65(24):2347-2357. Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e.g., nasal or ...