Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) has emerged as the principal method for long-term enteral nutrition in patients with impaired swallowing or inadequate oral intake. The procedure entails ...

The advent of total parenteral nutrition in the late 1960s meant that no situation remained in which a patient could not be fed. Unfortunately, total parenteral nutrition was complicated by serious ...

Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using fluoroscopic guidance. Using a percutaneous technique, a gastrostomy tube is introduced to hold the gastric wall in ...

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved the supplemental New Drug Application (sNDA) for Tiglutik (riluzole; ITF Pharma) oral suspension to include administration via percutaneous ...

Thus, early enteral feeding may be beneficial in dysphagic stroke patients, but the evidence is not definitive. Early feeding can be accomplished with a nasogastric tube and a change to a PEG ...

Romiplostim management of chemotherapy-induced thrombocytopenia. Phase III open label randomized controlled trial comparing intravenous iron sucrose to oral ferrous sulphate (without erythropoiesis ...