Feeding Tube May Flare Some Ulcer Risks, Brown University Study

5/16/2012 7:18:32 AM

Gastric feeding tubes may do more harm than good for bedridden dementia patients, new research shows. As reported in the Archives of Internal Medicine, an analysis of thousands of nursing home patients reports that percutaneous endoscopic gastric (PEG) feeding tubes, long assumed to help bedridden dementia patients stave off or overcome pressure ulcers, may instead make the sores more likely to develop or not improve.

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