Gastrostomy Tubes: Care and Feeding

Pediatr Emerg Care. 2017 Dec;33(12):787-791. doi: 10.1097/PEC.0000000000001332.

Abstract

Parents often bring their children to the emergency department for adverse events with their child's gastrostomy tube or button. This review will discuss the possible complications and the methods to handle them.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Child
  • Child, Preschool
  • Emergency Service, Hospital
  • Enteral Nutrition / adverse effects*
  • Enteral Nutrition / methods
  • Gastrostomy / adverse effects*
  • Gastrostomy / methods
  • Humans
  • Infant
  • Parents
  • Postoperative Complications / epidemiology