OBJECTIVE It has previously been shown that microbial contamination of enteral feeds given to children in hospital and at home is common. This study therefore examined the effects of improvements in ...

As patients are usually unable to swallow oral drugs and many drugs should not be crushed, ways have to be found to administer them through the feeding tube. Measures to improve the quality of oral ...

Introduction The use of home enteral tube feeding (HETF) in children with chronic illness is increasing. 6-monthly nutritional blood test monitoring (NBTM) while on HETF is recommended by BAPEN for ...

onetel.com Objective To assess the safety aspects of carers' enteral feeding technique when home enteral tube feeding children with inherited metabolic disorders (IMD). Methods 40 patients (median age ...

AIMS To evaluate whether serial Doppler measurements of superior mesenteric artery (SMA) blood flow velocity after the first enteral feed could predict early tolerance to enteral feeding in preterm ...