Review: Strategies to manage gastrointestinal symptoms complicating enteral feeding

Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 21-26

  Barrett, Jacqueline S ^a,b   Shepherd, Susan J ^a   Gibson, Peter R ^a  

^a MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b BOX HILL HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Diarrhea; Enteral formula; Enteral nutrition; FODMAPs

Indexed keywords

GLUTEN; SHORT CHAIN FATTY ACID; CARBOHYDRATE;

ABDOMINAL DISTENSION; CLINICAL PRACTICE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; DISEASE COURSE; ENTERIC FEEDING; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FEEDING APPARATUS; FERMENTED PRODUCT; FOOD INTAKE; GASTROINTESTINAL SYMPTOM; HUMAN; INFUSION PUMP; INFUSION RATE; MEDICAL DECISION MAKING; MICROBIAL CONTAMINATION; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; PLASMA OSMOLALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN INTAKE; REVIEW; TEMPERATURE SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ELEMENTAL DIET; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; OSMOLARITY; STANDARD; TEMPERATURE; TIME;

CARBOHYDRATES; DIARRHEA; DIETARY FIBER; ENTERAL NUTRITION; FOOD, FORMULATED; HUMANS; OSMOLAR CONCENTRATION; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 60149105949     PISSN: 01486071     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0148607108325073     Document Type: Review

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