Much of current practice has been borrowed or modified from practice in older children and adults. This is unacceptable given the importance of these tubes to the safety and feeding of these ...

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 ...

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 ...

The parents of two children with rare conditions have described the life-changing impact of their children's procedures to insert specialised feeding tubes. After waiting over two years for the ...