title: Enteral formulas.
abstract: This article is intended to assist the nurse in caring for the patient who requires medical nutritional formulas, either as a complete diet or as a dietary supplement, to increase the nurse's knowledge of formula components, when and why different formulas are used, and when a change in formula may be indicated. Common formulas are broadly categorized throughout the article based on the form of the protein.
authors.affiliation: Nutrition Consultation Service, Rush Presbyterian-St. Luke's Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois 60612, USA.
authors.forename: D S
authors.initials: DS
authors.lastname: Weinstein
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Furman
mesh_terms: D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000451:nursing*; D005526:Food, Formulated; D006801:Humans