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Careful hand feeding reduces pneumonia risk vs nasogastric tube feeding in advanced dementia patients

Careful hand feeding reduces pneumonia risk vs nasogastric tube feeding in advanced dementia patients

28 Nov 2022 byChristina Lau

In advanced dementia patients with feeding problems, careful hand feeding (CHF) is associated with a 40 percent lower risk of pneumonia and similar 1-year survival rate vs nasogastric tube feeding (NGF), a retrospective cohort study in Hong Kong has shown.

28 Nov 2022