RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Complications of enteral nutrition.
JF Gut
JO Gut
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd and British Society of Gastroenterology
SP 51
OP 55
DO 10.1136/gut.27.Suppl_1.51
VO 27
IS Suppl 1
A1 Bastow, M D
YR 1986
UL http://gut.bmj.com/content/27/Suppl_1/51.abstract
AB Complications may arise during enteral feeding that are usually related to the diameter and rigidity of the tube or the delivery, composition, and sterility of the feed uses. By using a soft, fine bore tube to deliver a sterile feed of known composition, by continuous infusion rather than as a bolus, most of these complications can be avoided.