A mother whose 13-year-old son has a serious heart condition has pleaded for nurses to be retained in special schools. She ...

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receive a feeding tube – known as a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, or PEG tube – and undergo an EDG, which can diagnose stomach ulcers. That treatment, it turned out, had been prescribed for ...

Gastrostomy Tube: Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) tube: A PEG tube is placed directly into the stomach. Larger amounts of feeds or bolus feeds can be given through this tube.

Feeding tubes (e.g., percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tubes). Education and training of healthcare workers. Availability of sufficient human and material resources. Establishment of appropriate ...

Bec also used a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) tube — a procedure where a tube is passed into a person’s stomach through the abdominal wall as an alternative way for the body to ...