Feeding tubes in dementia: is there an effective UK strategy?

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy: an effective strategy for gastrostomy feeding in patients with dementia.

Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is an accepted technique for longterm enteral feeding. Its use has increased because of its simplicity and low complication rate. The demands for gastrostomy insertion have risen and now encompass indications where the long-term outcomes are uncertain. Dementia has become one of the commonest indications for gastrostomy feeding. This article reviews the...

Feeding Tubes in Patients with Sever Dementia -- American Family Physician

www.aafp.org/afp AMERICAN FAMILY PHYSICIAN 1605 ing artificial nutrition and hydration to patients with severe dementia. These techniques have been promoted as a method to improve nutrition, maintain skin integrity by enhanced protein intake, prevent aspiration pneumonia, minimize suffering, improve functional status, and extend life. Additionally, providing artificial nutrition and hydration h...

development and implementation of an optimized control strategy for induction machine in an electric vehicle

in the area of automotive engineering there is a tendency to more electrification of power train. in this work control of an induction machine for the application of electric vehicle is investigated. through the changing operating point of the machine, adapting the rotor magnetization current seems to be useful to increase the machines efficiency. in the literature there are many approaches wh...

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Feeding tubes for nursing home residents with advanced dementia: how to approach feeding tube decisions.

You are making routine rounds at the nursing home on your long-time patient, Sally Smith, who has suffered from Alzheimer’s dementia for 8 years. She has resided in the dementia unit for the last 3 years. Her daughter Jane is, as usual, at the bedside trying to encourage her mother to finish the lunch tray in front of her. Sally has lost 12 pounds over the last year and appears frail and thin. ...