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Dr. Andrew Rynne
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Dr. Andrew Rynne

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Panagiotis Zografakis
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Diwashish Biswas

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Care Of Peg Tube Feedings

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Dr. Rakhi Tayal MD

my grandmothers peg feeding tube fell out six days ago and the doctors haven't replaced it. how long can she last without her feed and only on a glucose drip? ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Rakhi Tayal ( OBGYN)
Dr. Mahesh Koregol MD

one tube. 2. Now what things we need to care before try for prengency. 3. What tests need to do from ...Hi Doctor, My wife had ectopic pregency 2 times for same fallopian tube . Doctor removed that... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Mahesh Koregol ( Infertility Specialist)
Dr. Hema Yadav MD

hi, my 6 week year old baby is clammy cool. temp under armpit was 36.0 coughs the odd time.. he just got over rsv two weeks ago looks a little pail sounds phlegmy after feedings usually more at night ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Hema Yadav ( Pediatrician)
Dr. Naveen Kumar MD

9 weeks ago I had a grommett inserted in my left ear (I am 53 years of age) after suffering pressure build up and ringing mainly in my left ear after a sinus infection wtih a lot of fluid in both ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Naveen Kumar ( ENT Specialist)
Dr.  Amit Rajput MD

tube. Currently she is under palliative care with Wysolone 30 mg per day (10X10X10), Levipil 500 mg ... care at home fed by tube, tracheostomy suctioning from time to time and normal O2... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Amit Rajput ( Diabetologist)

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Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas MD

It is 4 am. My husband 86 yo Parkinson s with dementia has PEG. Body rejected tube feedings and now is constantly trying to pull out the feeding tube. I don t want to restrain him at this end... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bruno Mascarenhas ( Neurologist)
Dr. Saranya Ramadoss MD

or another cause she gets Jevity 1.2 in the peg tube and sometimes I found syringes with encrusted milk and peg tube not flushed properly with enough water ... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Saranya Ramadoss ( General & Family Physician)
Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel MD

appetite. Endoscopy shows no problem. Loss of weight required a PEG tube. Weight came back up, but primary calories coming from PEG tube. Chemo therapy was stopped 8 weeks ago, but... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Bhagyesh V. Patel ( General Surgeon)
Dr.  Vasanth MD

My mom was on 20mg oxycodone every 6 hrs through peg tube for severe chronic back pain (peg tube s/pstroke), peg tube now out and she was switched to OxyContin 30 my every 12 hours... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Vasanth ( General & Family Physician)
Dr.  Nupur K MD

Brother had Parkinson s Disease. (10 years now) just had a PEG tube inserted. After a trip to ... these medication through his PEG tube, could this cause his anger issues and dry mouth and his... View answer

Answered by : Dr. Nupur K ( General & Family Physician)