What you think is not what they get: Significant discrepancies between prescribed and administered doses of tube feeding

British Journal of Nutrition

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-71

  van den Broek, Paulina W J H ^a   Rasmussen Conrad, Ellen L ^a   Naber, Anton H J ^a,b   Wanten, Geert J A ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Tergooi Hospitals ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adequate feeding; Enteral tube feeding; Nutritional support

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; CALORIC INTAKE; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DYSPHAGIA; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTERITIS; FEMALE; GOAL ATTAINMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MALNUTRITION; NEOPLASM; NETHERLANDS; PANCREATITIS; POSTOPERATIVE CARE; PREOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTION; TUBE FEEDING;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MALE; MALNUTRITION; MEDICATION ADHERENCE; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; PRESCRIPTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 57349134382     PISSN: 00071145     EISSN: 14752662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0007114508986852     Document Type: Article

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