Sentences with phrase «need tube feeding»

A baby may need tube feeding.

A baby that rejects 3 meals in a row will need tube feeding.

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For example, a majority of respondents considered bowel and bladder incontinence (124 [68.9 %]-RRB-, requiring a breathing tube to live (121 [67.2 %]-RRB-, relying on a feeding tube to live (100 [55.6 %]-RRB-, and needing care from others all the time (97 [53.9 %]-RRB- as health states the same or worse than death.

Terri gets food from a feeding tube but otherwise needs no «heroic» measures to stay alive.

I've come to the realization that I really need to be sticking to «eating» liquids -LCB- soups, smoothies, organic protein drinks -RCB- as my nutrition (other than formula from tube feeds) as I can't just jump to eating solids that are harder to digest.

At some point, he decided he didn't really like boob but did get to a point where he would do bottle and would take in just enough 24 cal / oz milk (20 cal bm fortified w / formula) to meet his needs so he could just barely keep up on his weight and get rid of that annoying / uncomfortable / somewhat dangerous feeding tube.

If they do need interventions to prevent their levels from increasing, phototherapy (light therapy) is usually performed in a hospital setting, plus either formula supplementation or intravenous fluid and / or a feeding tube.

You will need a lactation aid, made up of a feeding tube (# 5F, 36» long), and a feeding bottle with expressed breast milk, sugar water, or if necessary, formula, depending on the circumstances.

Doctors eventually told Judson her daughter would need to be on a feeding tube the rest of her life, believing that the stroke made her incapable of feeding herself.

But many babies at that gestational age will need a little tube in their stomach to be fed until their maturation is such that they can safely coordinate the sucking and the swallowing mechanism.

The NICU staff were on hand and did what they needed to do and gave me a few more precious moments before she was taken upstairs to be hooked up to oxygen and a feeding tube.

You amazed everyone by how quickly you were feeding without needing the tube, and after 3 months, it came out.

In this instance, you may need to express breast milk that can be fed to them by syringe or a thin tube.

He might need a feeding tube that delivers nutrients directly to his intestines to help him survive and thrive.

Also babies with significant disabilities are more likely to be formula fed, whether because they can't nurse efficiently (heart defects, cleft lip / palate), need higher calorie nutrition than breast milk, have allergies or milk protein intolerances that require specialized formula, or need to be tube fed.

Your child may need a feeding tube to help him get enough nutrition.

In very serious cases, people may need feeding tubes.

The baby may need to learn to suckle at the breast if previously bottle or tube fed, or if it has been too sick to breastfeed for a while.

And cuddle, feed, bathe, and change diapers to whatever extent you can, even if the nurses need to teach you how to do it around tubes and wires.

The study found that some mothers reported feeding each baby by differing methods; reasons included one baby being ill or in hospital and needing special formula or drip or tube feeding (8 %), one baby starting solids earlier (8 %), or babies taking differing amounts of milk (6 %)(McAndrew 2012).

If the baby is needing to be supplemented at birth with formula or expressed breast milk for additional feeds due to a medically indicated reason such as jaundice, poor weight gain, or pre-term birth; it is best to use an alternate feeding device such as a tube / syringe (a device that allows the baby to be supplemented while nursing at the breast), cup feeding, finger feeding, or even a spoon.

A preemie may need to stay in the NICU, be fed through a tube, kept warm using special beds, and be on oxygen therapy.

If your baby is born before that point, he'll need to be fed through a tube into his stomach or possibly through an intravenous line.

There is only one tube, however, so if you are switching sides during a feeding, the tube needs to be moved over to the other breast.

If your child may be going home with equipment like a ventilator or tube feeds, ask the pediatrician about his or her experience treating kids with these special needs.

If the extra feedings don't raise the blood glucose level or if your baby is not able to feed well, your baby will need intravenous treatment (through a needle or tube inserted into the body).

Yoikes, putting a feeding tube in a baby when all he needs (and is perfectly capable of) is to have a bottle?

One man who was blind and deaf, tube fed and needing 24 hour support was also declared fit for work by Atos assessors.

When it's time to get food, the egg sends signals to the tiny surrounding cells to make the feeding tubes, and as it grows and needs more nourishment, it signals them to make even more tubes.

Each patient received the diet through a feeding tube over 72 hours, with their calorie needs calculated based on weight, while in a medically induced coma.

Pediatric patients with intestinal failure often need gastrostomy tubes, or feeding tubes inserted into an opening created in the stomach, for long - term nutrition.

I was very close to needing a feeding tube, and I had to sleep propped up, among other things from which scleroderma patients suffer.

It became so bad that I almost ended up having to live in the hospital and be given a feeding tube just to get the life - sustaining nutrients my body desperately needed to function and survive because my stomach became so compromised that solid food just wasn't an option right away.

This slick countertop appliance has two work bowls, an adjustable slicer (so you can slice thick or thin, depending on your needs) and a 3 - in - 1 feed tube.

In rare cases, a feeding tube may need to be placed to ensure adequate nutrition.

If proper caloric needs are not met, a feeding tube should be placed.

Pets that are hospitalized longer than two to three days and are not eating will need nutritional support through a feeding tube.

Sessions of tube feeding put the formula directly where it needs to be and does not rely on the ability of the puppy to be able to suckle.

Periodically, you will need to change the wraps on the feeding tube and clean any discharge or crusting from the tube exit site.

If your pet still refuses to eat, it will need to be tube fed.

For severe cases, a feeding tube may need to be placed to allow for full healing.

In this case you may need to feed your cat for a minimum of 10 days with a tube before regular food in re-introduced.

Our team provides a wide range of emergency and critical care services, including caring for animals that need fluids, heart monitoring, oxygen, feeding tubes, emergency surgery, seizure monitoring, help giving birth to a litter, and acute care when a pet can not be left alone.

And these make some people squeamish, but some pets may need to wear diapers, have a feeding tube, or require needle injections.

He obviously needed hospitalization, IV fluids, blood work, urinalysis, and possibly x-rays or other imaging studies and even tube feeding — and all of that just to diagnose his cat health condition.

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When that doesn't work, a feeding tube needs to be placed into your cat's stomach to deliver the nutrients it needs.

Some diets may only be needed temporarily, such as for tube feeding, after stomach upset, or for a food trial.

Premature kittens often fail to nurse, and need to be fed with a syringe, bottle or stomach tube.

This could also mean time missed from work, especially if you need to bottle or tube feed puppies.