Fine-bore enteral feeding: a simple alternative to intravenous feeding: Enteral Nutrition Group of the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
Malnutrition may affect up to 50% of patients in most large hospitals and is associated with increased morbidity and mortality. Parenteral nutrition has been available for over ten years but suffers some major disadvantages in cost and patient risk. Many patients requiring nutritional support can be fed through the gastrointestinal tract, and our experience with fine-bore enteral feeding has shown it can be administered comfortably, safely and cheaply to patients with a wide variety of diseases. Details are given of locally available formulae and methods of administration, and a summary is presented of one year's experience in this method at the Royal Adelaide Hospital.
D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged