Studies have failed to show the benefits of using feeding tubes in patients with dementia, and expert opinions have increasingly been against the practice. Following that trend, a study in JAMA showed ...
For patients with advanced dementia, eating, and in particular swallowing, is difficult. Certain types of doctors are more likely than others to insert gastric feeding tubes into patients with ...
NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Despite the fact that up to one third of patients with severe dementia are tube fed, there is no evidence that this practice prolongs survival or improves quality of life, ...
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