Tube feeding: Providing the most nutrition with the least discomfort: Postgraduate Medicine: Vol 85, No 5

Views

CrossRef citations to date

Altmetric

Preview

What are the alternatives for providing nutrition to patients who are unwilling or unable to eat? What kinds of diets are available for patients with special problems? How necessary or useful are the expensive specialty formulas? The authors answer these questions and also describe tube placement, complications of tube feeding, and procedures to follow to reduce the risk of mechanical, metabolic, and gastrointestinal complications.

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

To request a reprint or corporate permissions for this article, please click on the relevant link below:

Order Reprints Request Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Please note: Selecting permissions does not provide access to the full text of the article, please see our help page How do I view content?

Obtain permissions instantly via Rightslink by clicking on the button below:

Request Academic Permissions

If you are unable to obtain permissions via Rightslink, please complete and submit this Permissions form. For more information, please visit our Permissions help page.

Tube feeding

Providing the most nutrition with the least discomfort

Information for

Open access

Opportunities

Help and information

Tube feeding

Providing the most nutrition with the least discomfort

Preview

Reprints and Corporate Permissions

Academic Permissions

Related research

To cite this article:

Download citation

Information for

Open access

Opportunities

Help and information

Keep up to date

Your download is now in progress and you may close this window

Login or register to access this feature