Feeding Tubes

Question 1

Elmenhorst
Gastrostomy tubes
JSAP 2020

Answer 1

Survival to discharge 51%

Minor complications 26%

Question 2

Breheny
Esophageal Feeding Tubes in Cats
JVIM 2019

Answer 2

Complications 36%
~tube dislodgement 15%
~Stoma infection 12%

Infection
~steroids
~chemotherapy
~discharge at the site

Death
~lower weight
~pancreatitis
~neoplasia
~respiratory
~urogenital
~infectious disease

Question 3

Perondi
E-tube in azotemic dogs
JSAP 2021

Answer 3

E-tube complications 53%

Risk factors
~indwelling time
~use of hemodialysis