title: [Home enteral nutrition].
abstract: Enteral nutrition in the home is applied to stabilized patients who do not require hospitalization or to chronically ill patients who can stay in their homes. However, ensuring the correct administration of this treatment requires a coordinated, expert multidisciplinary team. This article reviews the conditions for use of enteral nutrition in the home, the means of access, the nutritional formulas, the administrative technique, and the complications enteral nutrition in the home may present. Furthermore, the composition and characteristics of the multidisciplinary team which will be in charge of carrying out this treatment is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Sección Nutrición y Dietética, Ciutat Sanitària i Universitaria de Bellvitge, Barcelona.
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Virgili
authors.forename: M C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Vilarasau
mesh_terms: D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000379:methods; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods* / Q000451:nursing*; D005526:Food, Formulated / Q000032:analysis / Q000145:classification; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006699:Home Care Services / Q000458:organization & administration*; D006801:Humans; D010348:Patient Care Team / Q000458:organization & administration; D018579:Patient Selection