Enteral Nutrition for Adults in the Hospital Setting

Nutrition in Clinical Practice

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 634-651

  Kozeniecki, Michelle ^a   Fritzshall, Rebecca ^a  

^a FROEDTERT MEMORIAL LUTHERAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

adults; enteral nutrition; hospitalization; malnutrition; nutrition assessment; nutrition therapy; nutritional support

Indexed keywords

FOOD ADDITIVE; TRACE ELEMENT;

ADULT; ARTIFICIAL FEEDING; ASPIRATION PNEUMONIA; CALORIC INTAKE; CLOGGED FEEDING TUBE; CONSTIPATION; DIARRHEA; DIET THERAPY; ELEMENTAL DIET; ENTERIC FEEDING; ENTEROSTOMY; FEEDING APPARATUS; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FLUID INTAKE; FOOD ALLERGY; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD DRUG INTERACTION; FOOD INTAKE; GASTRIC RESIDUAL VOLUME; HEALTH CARE; HOME CARE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; ILEUS; MALNUTRITION; MEDICAL DEVICE COMPLICATION; NAUSEA AND VOMITING; NOSE FEEDING; NUTRITIONAL ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENT; OROGASTRIC FEEDING; PATIENT MONITORING; PATIENT SAFETY; PATIENT SELECTION; PROTEIN INTAKE; REFEEDING SYNDROME; RESIDUAL VOLUME; REVIEW; STANDARD; TIME; DIETETICS; HOSPITAL; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

ADULT; DIETETICS; ENERGY INTAKE; ENTERAL NUTRITION; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALNUTRITION; NUTRITION ASSESSMENT; NUTRITIONAL REQUIREMENTS; NUTRITIONAL STATUS;

EID: 84940906925     PISSN: 08845336     EISSN: 19412452     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0884533615594012     Document Type: Review

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