RT Book, Section
A1 Waitman, Jonathan A.
A2 Papadakis, Maxine A.
A2 McPhee, Stephen J.
A2 Rabow, Michael W.
A2 McQuaid, Kenneth R.
SR Print(0)
ID 1184163107
T1 Nutritional Support
T2 Current Medical Diagnosis & Treatment 2022
YR 2022
FD 2022
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264269389
LK accessmedicine.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1184163107
RD 2024/04/18
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.