RT Book, Section
A1 Gomella, Leonard G.
A1 Haist, Steven A.
SR Print(0)
ID 2694261
T1 Chapter 12. Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
T2 Clinician's Pocket Reference: The Scut Monkey, 11e
YR 2007
FD 2007
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-145428-5
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=2694261
RD 2024/04/23
AB Nutritional  support  is  the  provision  of  nutrients  with  therapeutic  intent  by  either  the  enteral  or  the  parenteral  route.  Technically,  the  term  enteral  nutrition  includes  oral  supplements  as  well  as  tube  feeding,  but  in  practice,  clinicians  use  the  term  to  refer  strictly  to  tube  feeding.  Enteral  and  parenteral  nutrition  are  important  in  the  management  of  many  medical  conditions.  Safe  and  effective  nutritional  therapy  depends  on  careful  selection  of  patients  and  a  thorough  understanding  of  the  complications  that  can  occur.