Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . “This study helps to strengthen the evidence for careful hand-feeding, particularly for places where nasogastric ...

Considering lung collapse (pneumothorax) affects 2-5% of 35 million feeding tube placements every year worldwide, the safe placement of a nasogastric feeding tube requires special medical care.

Nasogastric Tube (NG): An NG tube passes through the nose, down the throat and esophagus and ends in the stomach. Sometimes the doctor will decide that it’s safer to give nutrition past the stomach, ...

Brigid’s Path, Ohio’s first newborn recovery center, is now able to provide nasogastric tube feeding for infants exposed to addictive substances. Nurses at the Kettering nonprofit say this new ...

A new study led by the University of Hertfordshire has highlighted the emotional toll faced by mothers of young children with Down syndrome who require tube feeding. The research, led by Dr. Laura K ...

Preterm infants are vulnerable to pathogens and at risk of developing necrotizing enterocolitis (NEC) or sepsis. Nasogastric feeding tubes (NG-tubes) might contaminate feeds given through them due to ...

It's likely that you've seen someone with a feeding tube at one time or another. The nasogastric feeding tube was created to deliver nutrition to sick and hospitalized people so they wouldn't starve.