G-tube Feeding Procedure

I have a feeding tube since April. It was hurting all day like it did when they put it in. I had a coughing fit and the tube popped out. I cleaned it up with saline and covered it with gauze. I... View answer

Our daughter has been diagnosed with gastroparesis . She had a procedure to insert both a J and a G tube for feeding and elimination. A CT scan recently revealed inflammation on the intestinal... View answer

I am a caregiver for and elderly woman with a peg tube for at night tube feeding. She got her PEG tube placed in September 2016. The night caregiver is in charge of feeding she flushes... View answer

My Dad is 90 years old and had a feeding tube put in a year ago. Now there is food formula residual ... residual in the tube. Did I make a mistake to get a new one by causing an unecesary risk with the... View answer

My wife can only take food by G-tube. She can't swallow. She has been prescribed Pantoprazole 40 mg tablets. How can this be taken by G-tube? Instructions are to not crush. Even crushing,... View answer

I have a patient with a gastrostomy tube for feeding. THe CoQ10 that has been given to me to administer has to be punctured to put the med into a syringe for g-tube administration. I don t think... View answer

rapidly and does not have much of an appetite. Will he eventually just stop eating? is a g tube ... View answer

his left side. He has a feeding tube through his nose. For the last 2 weeks he is able to consume soft paste like solid food through his mouth. He consumes most of the water through the feeding... View answer

to him, now hi is comatosed from that date till now,his GCS 5/15 , on trachestomy tube, N/G tube feeding ,heamodynamically stable ... View answer

starting his g tube feeding , cannot get a hold of mother right now. So we are just holding off on his ...Hello. I am an LVN at a high school, I work with mod/severe students with g tubes. I... View answer