resulting in a need for nutrition support including enteral or parenteral nutrition therapy. Enteral nutrition, often referred to as “tube feeding” is the delivery of nutrients and fluids through a ...

Data show that enteral nutrition is better than parenteral nutrition with regard to the morbidity of critcally ill patients, especially for infectious complications. These findings suggest that ...

Introduction Citrulline has been successfully used as a marker for intestinal graft dysfunction after intestinal transplantation. 1 We have extended its use to direct enteral vs parenteral feeding in ...

Questions about when, how, and what to feed the preterm baby elicit many different answers. Balancing the risks of enteral feeding with those of parenteral nutrition is not easy. In contrast with the ...

1 It cannot be overemphasized that enteral feeding is the preferred route of nutrition for critically ill patients with a functional GI tract. When compared with parenteral nutrition administration, ...

may beneficially modulate inflammatory responses and may be associated with earlier time to full enteral feeding and earlier discharge. Parenteral nutrition during critical illnesses in children and ...

There is overwhelming evidence that the maintenance of enteral feeding is beneficial in patients in whom oral access has been diminished or lost. Short-term enteral access is usually achieved via naso ...

Purpose: An overview of enteral feeding tubes, drug administration techniques, considerations for dosage form selection, common drug interactions with enteral formulas, and methods to minimize ...

Although initial total parenteral nutrition (TPN) therapy failed, he underwent endoscopy-assisted feeding tube placement without complications instead of surgery. After 2 weeks of dual feeding ...

Administer medications via the oral route when possible. Determine the enteral feeding tube size (e.g., small bore or large bore), insertion site (e.g., nasal or percutaneous), tip location (e.g ...