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The Impact of Nasogastric Feeding Tube on Physiologic Swallow in Head and Neck Cancer Patients: A Multidisciplinary Clinical Trial
Nasogastric feeding tubes (NGT) are ubiquitous within the head and neck (H&N) cancer patient population. NGT are often placed in post-surgical H&N cancer patients to allow for healing of suture lines in oral cavity and oropharyngeal free flap patients and are also used in transoral robotic surgery (TORS) patients. Despite their widespread use, the impact of NGT on the physiologic swallow of H&N cancer patients remains unknown. In the neurology literature, there is data demonstrating alterations in the functional swallow of elderly post-stroke patients with NGTs.
Source: International Journal of Radiation Oncology * Biology * Physics - March 11, 2022 Category: Radiology Authors: M.N. Stevens, E. Hosokawa, A. Hereford, M. West, R. Fleming, K. Sharif, R. Sinard, S.L. Rohde, K. Mannion, A. Langerman, J. Netterville, E.L. Rosenthal, M.C. Topf Tags: 215 Source Type: research

The Outcome of Status Epilepticus and Long-Term Follow-Up
Conclusion: This study highlights the importance of regular care and patient follow-up. Introduction Status epilepticus (SE) is a condition and most extreme form of epilepsy (1), which leads to abnormal and prolonged seizure (at least 5 min). In case SE persists over 30 min, it may have severe long-term consequences (2). Referring to the new classification scheme of SE, there are two operational dimensions of the definition: time point 1 (T1) is associated with abnormally prolonged seizure, when therapy should be initiated, while time point 2 (T2) is related to the time of on-going seizure activity involving a risk...
Source: Frontiers in Neurology - April 25, 2019 Category: Neurology Source Type: research