Enteral feeding. Nasogastric, nasojejunal, percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy, or jejunostomy: its indications and limitations

The following article is intended to provide a review of the current state of enteral feeding; a rapidly changing and developing field. It covers the type of feed, the routes of access, and the problems that can occur with enteral feeding.

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Published in:Postgraduate medical journal 2002-04, Vol.78 (918), p.198-204
Main Authors: Pearce, C B, Duncan, H D
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Amino acids
Anesthesia. Intensive care medicine. Transfusions. Cell therapy and gene therapy
Anorexia
Antibiotics
Biological and medical sciences
BMI
Body mass index
Care and treatment
Chronic illnesses
Contraindications
Diarrhea
Dietary supplements
Emergency and intensive care: metabolism and nutrition disorders. Enteral and parenteral nutrition
Endoscopy, Gastrointestinal - methods
enteral feeding
Enteral Nutrition - adverse effects
Enteral Nutrition - methods
Evaluation
Food and nutrition
Food contamination & poisoning
Gastrointestinal Diseases - etiology
Gastrostomy - methods
Humans
Infections
Intensive care medicine
Intubation, Gastrointestinal - adverse effects
Intubation, Gastrointestinal - methods
Jejunostomy
Jejunostomy - methods
Malnutrition
Medical sciences
Morbidity
Mortality
nutrition
Nutrition Disorders - metabolism
Nutrition Disorders - therapy
Nutrition research
Ostomy
Parenteral nutrition
Patients
PEG
PEGJ
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy
percutaneous gastrojejunostomy
Pneumonia, Aspiration - etiology
Pneumonia, Aspiration - prevention & control
Proteins
Review
tube feeding
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Summary:The following article is intended to provide a review of the current state of enteral feeding; a rapidly changing and developing field. It covers the type of feed, the routes of access, and the problems that can occur with enteral feeding.
ISSN:0032-5473
1469-0756
DOI:10.1136/pmj.78.918.198