The increasing as rising healthcare costs; surge in the number of preterm births; growth in the aging population; rising prevalence of chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, gastrointestinal ...

Enteral nutrition constitutes a cornerstone of medical care for patients unable to meet their nutritional requirements orally. By delivering nutrients directly into the gastrointestinal tract via ...

Adverse outcomes caused by enteral tubing misconnections are well documented in The Joint Commission’s Sentinel Event Alert from August 2014 that states “Tubing misconnections continue to cause severe ...

Introducing nasoenteric tube feeding early in the treatment of acute pancreatitis proved no more effective in the prevention of major infection or death than initiating an oral diet after 72 hours of ...