… use of feeding tubes in most children with severe disabilities and … feeding tube placement
for children with severe developmental disabilities, we believe that conservative use of feeding …

… no nutritional advantage in severely demented elderly patients. Median survival was longer
in tube-fed individuals who had no acute co-morbidity. However, since tube feeding does not …

… children, mortality was increased 2.1-fold in the children who were tube-fed.42 This … tube
feeding, but in a multivariate analysis the risk was still doubled in the less severely disabled …

… Eleven orally fed ( goup A) and 14 tube-fed patieuts (group B) with severe disabilities and …
present in patients undergoing long-term tube feeding, and to examine if Se supplementation …

… The survival rates in our six groups of severely disabled children … Yn those with a tracheostomy,
tube feedings were … tomy tube feedings were not distinguished from nasogastric tube use…

… Service for evaluation of enteral tube feeding via a permanent ostomy at a 380 bed state-funded
regional center for developmentally disabled citizens (Arlington Developmental Center) …

… This study focused on families who have a child with a severe disability and who had made
or were in the process of making the decision to use a feeding tube for their child. The study …

… severe disabilities globally [1]. In particular, children with moderate-to-severe neurological
disability … swallowing and/or gastrointestinal complaints and require exclusive tube feeding [2]. …

… As clinical decision-making for this group of severely disabled children is complex, it should
be family-centred with explicit discussions about the goals of tube feeding and potential …

… ' experiences of feeding children with severe disabilities by a gastrostomy tube are described.
… and the tremendous stress involved in feeding the children. They described spending …