Statistics that suggest Lucy Letby tampered with babies’ breathing tubes while working at a Liverpool hospital are “not credible”, experts have warned. At the Thirlwall Inquiry last week ...
The decision to place a gastrostomy tube in an infant can be confusing and difficult for both parents and professionals. A unified team approach is critical to communication and collaboration.
There are two main types of tube feeding used for CF: nasogastric and gastrostomy. Both types allow for either continuous feedings that typically occur overnight or the administration of a specific ...
If someone has deeply upset us — or even just mildly ticked us off — it's likely that we'll turn to a friend to complain. And while some position this venting as a way to blow off steam and calm down, ...
The performance of a full diagnostic upper endoscopy is imperative before PEG tube placement. Wolfsen and colleagues [10] found that 36% of patients scheduled for PEG tube placement had endoscopic ...
In this minimally invasive procedure, a healthcare provider uses an endoscope (thin tube) to cut the muscles near the pyloric sphincter, the valve between the stomach and the small intestine.
Harry Beck's 1933 Tube map is the one people usually use, but Maxwell Roberts, from Walton-on-the-Naze, created his own version in 2013. Mr Roberts has now updated his creation, and it has had a ...