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Tube feeding 'could put lives at risk'

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A new report has warned intravenous nutrition, commonly used in many hospitals, could create serious problems for patients.

Dr Jim Stewart, main author of the review for the National Confidential Inquiry Into Patient Outcome and Death, outlines the report's findings.


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