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Enteral Feeding Devices and Ostomies

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This chapter discusses enteral feeding devices, gastrostomy and gastrojejunostomy, feeding teams, placement, care, and complications. Common complications include infection, tube migration, leakage, fistula formation, granulation tissue, and obstruction. Ostomy education and management is also discussed with a focus on patient education and placement prior to surgery as well as recognition and treatment of peristomal issues.

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  1. Division of GI, Hepatology, and Nutrition, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, 34th Street and Civic Ctr. Blvd, Philadelphia, PA, 19104, USA

    Susan N. Peck MSN, CRNP

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  1. Perelman School of Medicine, The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 34th St. & Civic Ctr. Blvd., Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Petar Mamula

  2. School of Medicine--Greenville, Pediatric Gastroenterology & Nutrition, University of South Carolina, 200 Patewood Drive, Suite A-140, Greenville, 29615, South Carolina, USA

    Jonathan E. Markowitz

  3. Perelman School of Medicine, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, 34th St. & Civic Ctr. Blvd., Philadelphia, 19104, Pennsylvania, USA

    Robert N. Baldassano

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Peck, S.N. (2013). Enteral Feeding Devices and Ostomies. In: Mamula, P., Markowitz, J., Baldassano, R. (eds) Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-5061-0_40

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