Functional recovery at 90 days was lower in the balloon-guided catheter group versus the conventional catheter group. 2.

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

[17] The second challenge in gastrostomy tube management is to maintain tube placement. For balloon tip catheters, check the balloon volume periodically, usually 1 or 2 times each week, and ...

Immediately after gastrostomy tube insertion, document the following: Type of tube used (mushroom or balloon tip) Radiologic approach The gastrostomy tube is guided into the correct position using ...

Even by my standards, I had a lot of visits with doctors. The first of the extra appointments began early in the year, when my gastrostomy tube (G-tube) malfunctioned. A small water balloon holds it ...

One of the most useful tools for this is the PEG ratio. Unlike simpler metrics, which only show a company’s current value, the PEG ratio also takes into account how much a company is expected to ...

The annual No Trousers Tube ride has taken place despite plunging temperatures in the capital. Trouserless passengers were seen across the London Underground network including in Westminster ...

Whenever the Federal Reserve turns more hawkish and the cost of dollar funding soars, debate over whether Hong Kong should change its currency’s peg resurfaces. The fixed exchange rate ...

Plastic-based toothpaste tubes have traditionally been hard to recycle, with their flexible layers of mixed materials a thorn in the side of council recycling schemes and diligent recyclers alike.

Shuli Ren is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering Asian markets. A former investment banker, she was a markets reporter for Barron’s. She is a CFA charterholder. Whenever the Federal Reserve ...