Safe and effective tube feeding of bedridden elderly.
An increasing number of patients with swallowing disorders due to stroke, head trauma, degenerative neurologic diseases, and other causes are surviving for prolonged periods with tube feeding of commercial formulas as their sole source of nutritional support. Reviewed in this article are the indications, methods, strategies for formula selection, complications, and outcomes of tube feeding in the long-term care patient.
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Department of Geriatric Medicine and Chronic Diseases, Oak Forest Hospital, IL.
D000368:Aged; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods*; D005526:Food, Formulated / Q000009:adverse effects; D015577:Geriatric Assessment; D006801:Humans; D007103:Immobilization; D008134:Long-Term Care