Talk:Feeding tube

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I removed the line about euthanasia because withdrawl of care is generally not considered euthanasia, as explained on the euthanasia page. It also seemed a bit POV Osmodiar 10:00, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

"Generally not considered euthanasia" implies that some people do consider it euthanasia, so the original page was correct. NPOV should be reached by adding information, not subtracting it. Kappa 10:28, 12 Apr 2005 (UTC)

It seems a bit odd that the very first "indication" is for force feeding. I can understand this given the recent news in Guantanimo, but I came to this page interested because my nephew is getting one because of a problem with his palate and acid reflux. Anyway, it seems like the reasonable medical reasons should be first in order to avoid any accusation of bias. I was also interested to see if this article referred to the nick name "mickey button" since that's what everyone's been calling the incision. Hanenkamp 02:34, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

I agree it is odd to consider force-feeding an "indication", which implies it is medically sanctioned. I reverted the indications part to the prior version. Dforest 07:37, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

1 G-Tube 2 What is a Keofeed tube? 3 Nasogastric 4 g-tube change

[edit] G-Tube

I suppose there should be more sources here in general, but is the gtube type mentioned really the "most common". I have a MIC-KEY tube, the use of which seems much simpler than that described here. If there is no source to back this up I reccomend changing it. Balonkey 05:33, 10 June 2006 (UTC) you

[edit] What is a Keofeed tube?

[edit] Nasogastric

I know nasogastric tubes are still used for feeding, having seen one in use within the past two years, apparently on a patient with anorexia. They should be mentioned here, addressing specifically the indications for them vs the tubes presently described. As written, the article leaves the impression that the only kind of tube feeding there is involves having an incision, and (until my edit just now) that that was being done to prisoners at Gitmo (not everyone would go to the BBC article).Hieronymus Illinensis 21:11, 8 August 2007 (UTC)

It states that it is passed through the nares, meaning no incision is made. â€”Preceding unsigned comment added by 192.197.54.32 (talk) 22:26, 11 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] g-tube change

i've had a G-tube for 18 years and i've had the same one in for about 6 years... so my question is how often is it recommended to change it and what can happen if i had it for so long? thanks! â€”Preceding unsigned comment added by 75.56.242.215 (talk) 23:06, 4 November 2008 (UTC)

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