Enteral tube feeding in adults
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Enteral tube feeding in adults.
Enteral tube feeding is usually a relatively straightforward method of nutritional support, and should be facilitated by a multiprofessional team. For short-term use (<4 weeks) a fine bore feeding nasogastric tube is indicated but if longer term feeding is required then a gastrostomy is appropriate, usually inserted endoscopically (a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube). The most common se...
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عنوان ژورنال: The Journal of the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh
سال: 2015
ISSN: 1478-2715,2042-8189
DOI: 10.4997/jrcpe.2015.112