Ponsky, MD, Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, Ohio. Pneumoperitoneum has been observed in 36% of patients undergoing PEG tube placement. [38] It is theorized that excessive air insufflation ...

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) provides a non-surgical alternative to long-term enteral feeding. The gastrostomy tube, however, may deteriorate, malfunction, or be accidentally expelled ...

University of Cincinnati experts will present research at the International Stroke Conference 2025 in Los Angeles.

The perforation has caused her to require tube feeding and has forced her to move into ... could not be fully repaired and that she would require ongoing percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) ...

Severe dysphagia significantly increases mortality risk after PEG, a new study finds. Patients with severe swallowing ...

Background and Purpose: Dysphagia is a common complication of stroke that can lead to increased aspiration pneumonia and malnutrition, prolonged hospital stay, and can necessitate the placement of a ...

A prerequisite for the job, she says between puffs on her neon blue vape, is not to be put off by catheters, colostomy bags or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes. In Britain, sexual surrogacy— ...

Park Avenue Securities LLC lifted its stake in Littelfuse, Inc. (NASDAQ:LFUS – Free Report) by 8.0% in the 4th quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 2,844 shares of the technology company’s ...

We report a study of enteral feeding by percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy in 30 patients, the majority with a persistent vegetative state. All patients had previously been fed through a nasogastric ...

In Brody’s view, there is no better time to discuss these issues than the present, particularly since the Israel-Hamas War has impacted people’s feelings about end-of-life issues.