This article presents an agenda to improve the care and wellbeing of children with paediatric
feeding disorder who require tube feeding (PFD‐T). PFD‐T requires urgent attention in …

Introduction. Over the past 2 decades a dramatic increase of pediatric feeding via tube has
been reported, which has resulted in a higher prevalence of feeding tube dependency …

Enteral nutrition is effective in ensuring nutritional requirements and growth. However, when
tube feeding lasts for a longer period, it can lead to tube dependency in the absence of …

Purpose: To explore possible factors contributing to paediatric tube feeding dependency
from the speech-language pathology perspective. Tube feeding dependency can have …

Background & aims Prolonged temporary tube feeding places pediatric patients at risk of
tube dependency. This chart audit aimed to identify current temporary tube feeding practice …

Objective To assess characteristics and outcomes of young children receiving intensive
multidisciplinary intervention for chronic food refusal and feeding tube dependence. Study …

Child healthcare can be vexed by moral concerns–this extends to the care of children who
tube-feed. Children who tube-feed often receive care from family members and clinicians of …

The current case study outlines a behavior-analytic treatment progression for a child with a
pediatric feeding disorder and tube dependence. The child participated in an intensive day …

A review of 13 papers investigating parents' experience of long-term tube feeding in
disabled children and young people identified a significant impact on parents and families …

Background Despite resolution of the symptoms of eating and/or swallowing disorders,
prolonged tube feeding is maintained in some children. This study summarized the …