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Complication rates associated with nasoesophageal versus nasogastric feeding tube placement in dogs and cats: a randomised controlled trial

Camacho, F. and Humm, K. | Journal of Small Animal Practice | May 2024
The aim of this randomised controlled trial was to determine the rate of accidental placement of nasoenteric tubes into the respiratory tract, to compare the methods of checking correct tube placement and to determine the complication rate between nasoesophageal and nasogastric tubes…

2022 ISFM Consensus Guidelines on Management of the Inappetent Hospitalised Cat

S. Taylor, D.L. Chan, C. Villaverde, L. Ryan, F. Peron, J. Quimby, C. O’Brien and S. Chalhoub | Journal of Feline Medicine and Surgery | July 2022
The aim of these consensus guidelines is to provide information for practitioners on the general management of inappetence in hospitalised cats…

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How to place commonly used feeding tubes in dogs and cats

R.H. Lumbis | The Veterinary Nurse | March 2017
In hospitalised patients there is often a need to provide nutritional support and the benefits of rapid initiation of feeding are widely recognised in both the veterinary and human literature…