Gastroenterology

The most common cause of vomiting and diarrhoea in children is gastroenteritis. This chapter will concentrate on gastroenteritis - but the chapter also discusses ‘warning’ signs and symptoms of other causes of vomiting and diarrhoea in children...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Care of Sick Children
Chapter:	6
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter discusses the transition of care to another institution or to home. It refers to the passing on of information and documentation, education, the practicalities of gastrostomy feeding at home, supplying formula and equipment and monitoring..
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	14
This education is:	eligible for CPD

People with a gastrostomy tube can have difficulty adjusting to a lifestyle that lacks food-centered activities. This chapter explores the symbolism of food and the losses experienced by people who can no longer take food orally...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	6
This education is:	eligible for CPD

The obesity crisis is affecting large numbers of Australians and creating risk factors for chronic disease management. * As health professionals, are we powerless to help?
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CPD Listening Time:	26 Mins
Conference:	Chronic Disease Management Conference
Date Recorded:	4 Sep 2008
Location:	Melbourne, Australia

This chapter identifies some common problems associated with gastrostomy feeding and provides guidance in resolving and preventing them...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	10
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Most people with a gastrostomy tube require medication at some time. This chapter discusses various issues relating to the selection and administration of medications in tube-fed people...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	12
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter gives an overview of nutritional assessment, selection of formulae, the equipment and methods used for tube feeding, feeding regimens and pumps...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	4
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter discusses the steps involved in assessing a person’s oral health, identifying risk factors and the provision of care to optimise oral health and minimize the development of mouth disorders associated with gastrostomy tubes...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	9
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter concentrates on the more serious causes of abdominal pain and other problems that might require medical assessment and, possibly, surgery...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Care of Sick Children
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter discusses the swallowing process and factors that affect it, the dangers and management of dysphagia and the indications and contraindications for tube feeding...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	1
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter outlines the fundamental principles of care required to maintain a healthy gastrostomy stoma and discusses how to identify and treat some of the problems that are commonly associated with stomas...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD

Nurses and carers must ensure that nutritional requirements are met for patients who are unable to eat or swallow oral foods. This chapter covers the skills required to ensure the necessary nutritional needs of a person requiring enteral feeding are met..
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Aged Care Nursing
Chapter:	7
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter presents an overview of the indications for using nasogastric tubes and the care of a person with a nasogastric tube. This chapter also highlights the special issues to be considered when tube feeding is provided through a nasogastric tube...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	13
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter describes some of the psychological responses to tube feeding. In addition, a process for assessing psychosocial challenges is outlined to help health care professionals understand and facilitate the person’s adjustment to tube feeding...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	5
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This image depicts the simplified route food goes through the human body as it is digested. In addition to this, the image indicates the places where different nutrients are absorbed by the body.
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Type:                         Images

The range of gastrostomy tubes on the market continues to increase. Tubes vary in size, shape, length, outlet, skin disc, internal bumper, life expectancy and cost. This chapter outlines the various types of tubes and how and when they should be changed.
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This chapter first discusses care needs before the insertion of a gastronomy tube. The chapter then presents an overview of the procedure for inserting a gastrostomy tube and concludes with a discussion of care needs after the insertion of a tube...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	3
This education is:	eligible for CPD

This chapter discusses the common problems encountered when managing gastrostomy tubes and the likely causes of these problems. The chapter also offers suggestions to reduce (or prevent) their occurrence...
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Type:                         eChapter
Book Title:	Gastrostomy Care
Chapter:	8
This education is:	eligible for CPD