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Brand Names: Bard Feeding Tube, J-Tube, Kimberly-Clark MIC-KEY, PEG-Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy, RIG-Radiologically Inserted Gastrostomy
Generic Name: Feeding Tube

What is Feeding Tube? In order to maintain the nutrient and calorie intake of patients with neurological diseases, a feeding tube, is inserted directly into the stomach through a surgical opening in the abdomen. This is known as a percutaenous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or radiologically inserted gastrostomy (RIG). Read more...Click to read more below


Reasons Taken

244 patients in the community are using or have used Feeding Tube.

Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
General health 92 37%
Other 70 28%
disease-related symptoms 26 10%
Choking/coughing while eating or drinking 8 3%
Slow my ALS progress 7 2%
Weight loss 2 <1%
Fatigue 2 <1%
Coughing and choking 2 <1%
Gain weight 2 <1%
Decreased diaphragm strength 1 <1%
Lose weight 1 <1%
Atrophy, tongue muscles 1 <1%
Support another treatment 1 <1%

Duration

How long current patients have been using Feeding Tube or how long patients were using Feeding Tube before stopping.

How Long Current Patients Have Been Using Feeding Tube

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
2
12
14
38
32
21

How Long Patients Used Feeding Tube Before Stopping

0-1 month 1-3 months 3-6 months 6 months-1year 1-2 years 2 years or more
0
1
2
0
1
0
Why Patients Stopped Using Feeding Tube (multiple reasons could be selected)
Reason # Patients Percentage of patients
Other 2 50% Other: 50%
Not indicated 2 50% Not indicated: 50%
Course of treatment ended 1 25% Course of treatment ended: 25%

Patient Reported Evaluations

Results from 5 patient evaluations. See the overall results and all individual evaluations.

Efficacy (Effect based on reason taken)

Major 50% 1
None 50% 1

Other

Side-effects (as an overall problem)

Severe 0% 0
Moderate 20% 1
Mild 0% 0
None 80% 4

Top reported side-effects include:

Summary results are based on 5 individual responses. For more information, see overall results for Adherence, Burden and Cost.

Individual Patient Reported Evaluations (2 of 5)

  • jmlasorsa
    Mouth/throat: moderate
    Arms: moderate
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • jmlasorsa
  • by jmlasorsa
    Aug 18, 2008
  • EfficacyMajor
  • Side-effectsNone
  • General health

  • Wayne Lampe
    Mouth/throat: mild
    Arms: mild
    Chest: mild
    Legs: moderate
    See profile
  • Wayne Lampe
  • by Wayne Lampe
    Aug 23, 2008
  • EfficacyNone
  • Side-effectsNone
  • Other

See all evaluation results for Feeding Tube



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