Tube feeding in children with chronic kidney disease: technical and practical issues.
This review discusses the indications for enteral feeding in children with chronic kidney disease, the types of feeding tubes that can be used, methods of insertion and their benefits and complications.
Rees
Lesley
L
Department of Nephrology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Trust, London WC1N 3JH, UK. Reesl@gosh.nhs.uk
Brandt
Mary L
ML
D002648:Child; D002675:Child, Preschool; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007441:Intubation, Gastrointestinal / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D007676:Kidney Failure, Chronic; D019060:Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures