Aims: To determine benefits and risks for gastrostomy or jejunostomy feeding compared with oral feeding for children ... Intervention: use of gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube to provide nutrition.

Tube feeding involves giving a liquid dietary formula through a flexible tube inserted into the digestive tract. It is used when patients can’t get enough nutrition by eating. Feeding tubes can be ...

Once-daily drug dosing and intermittent or bolus feedings are ... [13] Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large ...