While the importance of feeding patients through a tube, or enteral nutrition (EN), in an intensive care unit is well understood, underfeeding is still common. A practice of a certain amount of feeding per hour can be interrupted by tests, procedures, or emergencies. Changing to a volume-based system, which calls for a certain nutrition volume per day, could reduce underfeeding. Such a system was found to be effective in ICU patients according to a ...Saturday, 30 August 2014
Change in Tube Feeding Practice may Improve Nutrition for ICU Patients
While the importance of feeding patients through a tube, or enteral nutrition (EN), in an intensive care unit is well understood, underfeeding is still common. A practice of a certain amount of feeding per hour can be interrupted by tests, procedures, or emergencies. Changing to a volume-based system, which calls for a certain nutrition volume per day, could reduce underfeeding. Such a system was found to be effective in ICU patients according to a ...
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