Endoscopic placement of enteral feeding tubes
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Medication administration through enteral feeding tubes.
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 tube occlusion is given. SUMMARY Enteral nutrition through a feeding tube is the preferred method of nutrition support in patients who have a functioning gastrointestinal tract but who are unable to be f...
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عنوان ژورنال: World Journal of Gastrointestinal Endoscopy
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1948-5190
DOI: 10.4253/wjge.v2.i5.155