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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 before... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Shoaib Khan
( General & Family Physician)
my grandmothers pegfeeding tube fell out six days ago and the doctors haven't replaced it. how long can she last without her feed and only on a glucose drip? ... View answer
Have a pegfeeding tube , believe a infection is in stomach....How to find a doctor who is willing to assess problem without dismissing the family's concern of condition due to person's age ( 92) ?. ... View answer
Is there any reason why a long gastro tube would be inserted into a patient rather than a low profile Mic-Key button for feeding? Is different equipment used for the placement of these tubes? Is ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Grzegorz Stanko
( General Surgeon)
Please l have a patient at home who uses feeding tube . In fact the first tube works very well for almost one & half years but ever since they change it become he was having problems for balloon peg... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Muhammed Aslam
( General & Family Physician)
[My son is a Cancer patient and he has a gastric tube now for about 3 weeks. The problem is it is now leaking fluids around the tube when administering his liquid meds and water. What could have happened and how can we fix... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Penchila Prasad Kandikattu
( Internal Medicine Specialist)
my mother is 90 yrs old bedridden sec to L1#.ccCOPD CHRONIC PULMONARY EMBOLISM on Pegfeeding now she becomes very restless figits with her oxygentube her peg tube and keeps figitting with the sheets ... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel
( General Surgeon)
walker syndrome is on pegfeeding of pediasure every 3 hrs then with continuous pegfeeding from 11pm-8am ... peg. he s also on nebulization of pulmicort twice a day and ventolin every 6... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel
( General Surgeon)
totally not working, she has a peg fitted through her stomach for feeding & medicine, she always had problems suffering from ibs which was never confirmed by dr, suffering constant lose bowel... View answer
Answered by :Dr. Akhtarhusain
( Internal Medicine Specialist)
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