TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Indications for Nutritional Support A1 - Saunders, Katherine H. A1 - Igel, Leon I. A2 - Papadakis, Maxine A. A2 - McPhee, Stephen J. A2 - Rabow, Michael W. A2 - McQuaid, Kenneth R. PY - 2023 T2 - Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2023 AB - Nutritional support is indicated in patients who are malnourished or at risk of malnourishment. Common indications for enteral nutrition include dysphagia, mechanical ventilation preventing oral nutrition intake, the need to feed the gut distal to an obstruction or high-output fistula, and hypermetabolic disease states, such as burns and trauma. Parenteral nutrition is required when enteral nutrition is contraindicated, or when the GI tract has diminished function due to underlying conditions, including small bowel obstructions, paralytic ileus, short bowel syndrome, and fistulae. In most other conditions, it has been difficult to prove the efficacy of nutritional support over treatment without such support. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/04/19 UR - accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1193133814 ER -