Patients who have difficulty swallowing, problems with their appetite, or an inability to take adequate nutrition through the mouth can benefit from feeding tube placement (FTP) to avoid weight loss, correct significant nutritional deficiencies, and retard the general deterioration related to inadequate nutritional intake. FTP is indicated in neuromuscular diseases (NMD), as dysphagia and muscular weakness are common causes of malnutrition, and weight loss is a poor prognostic factor. As NMD progresses, patients’ respiratory muscles cannot sustain autonomous respiration; the use of mechanical ventilation is the cornerstone of pulmonary medicine and critical care to improve symptomatology and gas exchange.
De Petro, C., Lax, A., Nicolini, A., Volpato, E., Banfi, P., Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation During Feeding Tube Placement, in Kunal Panda, S. S. M. E., Noninvasive Ventilatory Approaches in Interventional Procedures, Springer Nature, Cham, Svizzera 2025 2025: 341-348 [https://hdl.handle.net/10807/333478]
Noninvasive Positive Pressure Ventilation During Feeding Tube Placement
Volpato, Eleonora;
2025
Abstract
Patients who have difficulty swallowing, problems with their appetite, or an inability to take adequate nutrition through the mouth can benefit from feeding tube placement (FTP) to avoid weight loss, correct significant nutritional deficiencies, and retard the general deterioration related to inadequate nutritional intake. FTP is indicated in neuromuscular diseases (NMD), as dysphagia and muscular weakness are common causes of malnutrition, and weight loss is a poor prognostic factor. As NMD progresses, patients’ respiratory muscles cannot sustain autonomous respiration; the use of mechanical ventilation is the cornerstone of pulmonary medicine and critical care to improve symptomatology and gas exchange.
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