title: Utilization of Feeding Tubes in the Management of Feline Chronic Kidney Disease.
abstract: Esophagostomy feeding tubes are useful, and in many cases essential, for the comprehensive management of cats with moderate to advanced chronic kidney disease (CKD). They should be considered a lifelong therapeutic appliance to facilitate the global management of cats with CKD thus providing improved therapeutic efficacy and quality-of-life. Esophagostomy tubes facilitate the maintenance of adequate hydration and increase owner compliance by facilitating the administration of medications. Finally, feeding tubes provide a means to deliver a stage-appropriate dietary prescription for cats with CKD and maintain an adequate nutritional plane in a patient that otherwise would be subject to chronic wasting.
authors: Department of Hemodialysis/Nephrology/Urology, University of California Veterinary Medical Center - San Diego, 10435 Sorrento Valley Road, Suite 101, San Diego, CA 92121, USA. Electronic address: sro@ucdavis.edu.
authors: Sheri
authors: S
authors: Ross
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002371:Cat Diseases / Q000178:diet therapy*; D002415:Cats; D002149:Energy Intake; D004750:Enteral Nutrition / Q000662:veterinary*; D004946:Esophagostomy / Q000662:veterinary; D051436:Renal Insufficiency, Chronic / Q000178:diet therapy / Q000662:veterinary*
keywords: Esophagostomy feeding tubes; Feline chronic kidney disease; Nutrition