Enteral tube

BACKGROUND The benefits of home enteral tube feeding (HETF) provided by nutrition support teams (NSTs) have been questioned… (More)

There is overwhelming evidence that the maintenance of enteral feeding is beneficial in patients in whom oral access has been… (More)

PURPOSE Enteral nutrition (EN) is effective, easy to provide, cheaper, and associated with fewer complications in comparison with… (More)

BACKGROUND Undernutrition is common in patients admitted with stroke. We aimed to establish whether the timing and route of… (More)

UNLABELLED BACKGROUND Underfeeding of patients reliant on enteral tube feedings most likely is due primarily to interruptions in… (More)

OBJECTIVE We respectively compared the nutritional and clinical efficacies of eucaloric and hypocaloric enteral feedings in 40… (More)

Steroids are recommended in severe alcohol-induced hepatitis, but some data suggest that artificial nutrition could also be… (More)

OBJECTIVE To determine whether metoclopramide prevents nosocomial pneumonia in intensive care unit (ICU) patients receiving… (More)

OBJECTIVE To evaluate those factors that impact on the delivery of enteral tube feeding. DESIGN Prospective study. SETTING… (More)

BACKGROUND Numerous factors may impede the delivery of enteral tube feedings (ETF) in the intensive care unit (ICU). We designed… (More)