Experts say tube feeding does not help most demented patients, and may increase their suffering : they often pull out the tubes, and wind up in restraints and sedated.
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That's mainly newborn boys who need lots of treatments that bring the highest DEHP exposures _ such as multiple blood transfusions and IV tube feeding, FDA toxicologist Ron Brown said Monday.
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He also testified tube feeding is less distressing than taking the rectal temperature of a cat and urged the AVMA to take a position based on science, not emotion, while cautioning against anthropomorphism.
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In a full-page explanation to readers Tuesday, San Juan Star publisher Gerry Angulo said saboteurs put glue in pressroom equipment, clogged a tube feeding ink to the press and damaged the press'electronic equipment.
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On Tuesday afternoon, Al Ritchie, who is 68 and a retired real estate agent, sat in his wheelchair with his legs propped on his cot, two little tubes feeding oxygen into his nostrils.
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Nutritional support is initiated via tube feeding to surpass the portion of the digestive tract most affected by secreted pancreatic enzymes if there is no improvement in the first 72 96 hours of treatment.
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"With one tube feeding nitrogen into the bottle and another one sucking it out, the wine can't go bad as fast as when it is just corked because oxygen cannot get into the bottle,"
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His advance directive asks that there be no tube feeding and no resuscitation efforts and that he be permitted to die at home _ hopefully, surrounded by his three sons _ rather than in a hospital.
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The risks of using tube feeding include agitation, the person pulling out the tube or otherwise being physically or chemically immobilized to prevent them from doing this, or getting pressure ulcers . with a 3 % major complication rate.
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Nestled between the skilled care a nursing home offers ( tube feedings, care for the bed bound ) and living on one's own, assisted living provides an infrastructure ( housekeeping, medication reminders, transportation, personal care assistance ) for seniors.
