Adverse outcomes caused by enteral tubing misconnections are well documented in The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert from August 2014 that states “Tubing misconnections continue to cause severe ...

Enteral nutrition is defined as the provision of essential nutrients through an enteral tube to prevent or treat disease-related malnutrition in patients who are unable to consume adequate nutrients ...

Oct. 29, 2004 — Use of a double-lumen gastrojejunostomy tube (GJT) for gastric decompression and enteral feeding is safe and significantly reduces the incidence of gastroparesis, postoperative ...

Pharmacist, Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of Michigan Health System, Ann Arbor, Michigan Strategies to minimize interactions between warfarin and enteral feedings have been evaluated.

In critically ill patients, the median number of days free of the index hospital and alive at day 90 was similar for those who received augmented or usual protein. Findings favored usual protein for ...

The appropriate caloric goal for critically ill adults is unclear. We evaluated the effect of restriction of nonprotein calories (permissive underfeeding), as compared with standard enteral feeding, ...

Enteral feeding is the intake of food when you can’t physically or safely eat regularly. If you have a condition that impairs movement or experienced an injury, enteral feeding may be used to ensure ...