Intermittent oroesophageal vs. nasogastric tube feeding in frail elderly with dysphagia: a retrospective comparative study
Ying Xu, Li Liu, Dan Zhao, Nan Shao, Xiaohui Li, Ying Wang, Bo Li · 2026
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Ying Xu and six colleagues compare, in a 2026 study, two ways of feeding frail older patients who cannot swallow safely. One route parks a tube through the nose around the clock. The other slips a tube through the mouth only at mealtimes and removes it between feeds. The team studied 120 frail elders treated from June to December 2024, sixty per method.
Both methods raised protein levels and swallowing scores alike. The meal-time route cut aspiration pneumonia sharply, from about 23 percent to about 8 percent. It also restored more eating by mouth and better nutrition scores, without extra injury to the throat or gullet. Frailty, age, past stroke, and the nose tube itself predicted complications. Patients with mid-grade swallowing trouble gained most from the meal-time route. The authors recommend it as the safer default for this group.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Ying Xu, Li Liu, Dan Zhao, Nan Shao, Xiaohui Li, Ying Wang, Bo Li |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 27 KB |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |