title: Long-Term Nutrition: A Clinician's Guide to Successful Long-Term Enteral Access in Adults [Formula: see text].
abstract: Long-term nutrition support requires long-term enteral access. To ensure the success of long-term enteral access, many factors need to be taken into consideration. This article represents a guide to placing and maintaining access in patients requiring long-term nutrition and addresses many of the common questions regarding long-term enteral access, such as indications, types of access, feeding after access placed, and recognition and treatment of potential complications. This guide will help the clinician establish and maintain access to maximize nutrition in patients requiring long-term nutrition.
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Matthew L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Bechtold
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Fazia A
authors.initials: FA
authors.lastname: Mir
authors.affiliation: 1 Department of Medicine, University of Missouri, Columbia, Missouri, USA.
authors.forename: Christine
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Boumitri
authors.affiliation: 2 Department of Medicine, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, USA.
authors.forename: Lena B
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Palmer
authors.affiliation: 3 Department of Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio, USA.
authors.forename: David C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.affiliation: 4 Department of Surgery, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
authors.forename: Laszlo N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Kiraly
authors.affiliation: 5 Department of Medicine, University of California, Irvine, California, USA.
authors.forename: Douglas L
authors.initials: DL
authors.lastname: Nguyen
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D004750:Enteral Nutrition; D005526:Food, Formulated; D005774:Gastrostomy; D006801:Humans; D007582:Jejunostomy; D018529:Nutritional Support
keywords: enteral access; enteral nutrition; gastrostomy; jejunostomy; nutritional support; tube feeding