TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Nutritional Support A1 - Waitman, Jonathan A. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2022 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022 AB - Nutritional support is the provision of nutrients to patients who cannot meet their nutritional requirements by eating standard diets. Nutrients may be delivered enterally (using oral nutritional supplements; nasogastric, nasoduodenal, and nasojejunal feeding tubes; and tube enterostomies) or parenterally (using lines or catheters placed in peripheral or central veins, respectively). Current nutritional support techniques permit adequate nutrient delivery to most patients. Nutritional support should be utilized, however, only if it is likely to improve the patient’s clinical outcome. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/18 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184163107 ER -