Nocturnal nasogastric tube feeding at home.
Five malnourished patients who consistently failed to maintain or gain weight with other oral diets have been taught to give themselves a nocturnal nasogastric tube feed at home to supplement their dietary intake by day. All patients gained weight at a rate of about 0.5 kg per week. Nasogastric tube feeding at home can be an acceptable, safe, economical and efficient treatment for nutritional depletion, particularly in patients with a short functional length of small intestine for whom simpler dietary manipulation has been unsuccessful.
D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D001835:Body Weight; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008286:Malabsorption Syndromes / Q000628:therapy*; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D012648:Self Care / Q000379:methods*; D012778:Short Bowel Syndrome / Q000628:therapy*