Enteral nutrition (EN) allows adequate nutritional intake in children for whom oral intake is
impossible, insufficient or unsafe. With maturation and health improvements, most children …

Background Feeding support via nasogastric or gastrostomy tube is a common feature of
care for children with congenital heart disease; however, prolonged tube feeding can lead to …

Background Complex feeding difficulties requiring enteral (tube) feeding affect everyone
around the child. Parents experience additional stress and are at risk of social isolation. This …

Abstract Approximately 3–10% of children have severe feeding issues, and some require
enteral/tube nutrition to grow and thrive. For many children, tube feeding is temporary …

To understand how people change the course of their own lives and the lives of those
around them, we need to understand the dynamics of agency. Sannino (2015a, 2015b) …

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 …

Background We aimed to describe feeding dysfunction in a group of children with
tracheostomy. Methods Single‐center, retrospective chart review of all children with a …

Background A common treatment goal for children dependent on enteral feeding is to
advance oral nutrition intake and decrease enteral feeding dependence. The purpose of this …

Background Tube feeding via nasogastric tubes (NGTs) and gastrostomy tubes (GTs) is a
common practice for children unable to meet their nutrition needs by oral feeding alone …

Background Feeding difficulty is widely recognized in patients with Down syndrome, and
many patients require gastrostomy tube (G‐tube) placement for nutrition. No reliable factors …