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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"enteral feeding"”.
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Outcomes of Enteral Feeding in Motor Neurone Disease
… worse prognosis. Clinical guidelines recommend enteral feeding when there is deterioration in nutritional status and/or dysphagia. However, it remains unclear whether enteral feeding offers any survival advantage. Moreover, the impact of enteral feeding on patients’ quality of life remains …
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Neonatal enteral feeding tube as loci for Enterobacteriaceae colonisation and risk to neonatal health
… The infant intestinal flora is influenced by the feeding regime. This study focuses on assessing the risk to neonates from the ingestion of the Enterobacteriaceae such as; Enterobacter hormaechei, Enterobacter ludwigii, Enterobacter aerogenes, Enterobacter cloacae and Klebsiella oxytoca. The …
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The Effectiveness and Safety of Perioperative Enteral Feeding in Patients with Burn Injuries: a Systematic Review
… “what is the optimum perioperative fasting/feeding regime for patients with burn injuries?” Fasting for theatre has been identified in research to have deleterious effects on surgical patients’ nutrient intake, wellbeing and insulin resistance. Perioperative fasting is however intended to …
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The effect of early versus late enteral feeding on the hypermetabolic response of the paediatric burned patient
… adult burn literature that suggests that early enteral feeding (EEF) compared to initial starvation has a profound impact on the hormonal response, metabolic rate and gastrointestinal maintenance post thermal injury. However, research addressing these issues in the burned child (birth to 13 …
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Virulence potential of enterobacteriaceae isolated from neonatal enternal feeding tubes
… has been no consideration that the nasogastric enteral feeding tube may act as a site for bacterial colonisation and act as a locus for infection. Therefore bacterial analysis of used feeding tubes is of importance with regard to identifying risk factors during neonatal enteral feeding. The aims …
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Investigation of diarrhoea in critically ill patients receiving enteral nutrition
… among critically ill patients receiving enteral tube feeding were investigated. Sixty acutely ill surgical or medical intensive care patients who had had a minimum of 48 hrs bowel rest were entered into the study. They were randomly assigned to receive one of two lactose free liquid …
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Designing a Novel Support System for Feeding Pumps - A Case Study in User Involvement in Medical Design
… better design outcomes. Equipment used to hang enteral feeding pumps, such as IV poles and specialized backpacks, was selected as an area of exploration for a case study in user involvement in the medical product design process. Four families whose children use enteral feeding pumps participated …
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Rapid versus slow rate advancement of feeds for enterally fed extremely low birth weight infants < 1000g: randomised controlled trial
Background The timeous achievement of full enteral nutrition in a preterm infant is a critical prerequisite for optimal growth, neurodevelopment and long-term wellbeing. However, the optimal enteral feeding regimen for preterm infants has not been established, and wide variations occur in practice. …
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Regulation and Pharmaceutical Intervention of Appetite in South American Camelids
… are limited and clinically challenging. Forced enteral feeding is stressful and may potentiate cortisol-induced lipolysis. Intravenous (IV) or parenteral nutrition administration results in more frequent metabolic complications in alpacas compared to other veterinary species and requires …
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Implantação do setor de farmácia clínica de um hospital oncológico do estado da Paraíba: elaboração de um protocolo para administração de medicamentos por sondas de nutrição enteral.
… administration of medications and nutrition via enteral feeding tubes and enteral tubes. In this study the oral solid drugs used in p rescriptions Hospi tal Napoleão Laureano in João Pessoa – PB (Brazil) according to the feasibility of transdermal administration via enteral probe, based on …
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Aspects of nutrition, metabolism and growth of the low birth weight infant
… administered alone or as a component of total parenteral nutrition was satisfactory for full term infants but produced significant hypernatraemia in infants of <34 weeks gestation during their first few days of life. This hypernatraemia was prevented by the substitution of a solution of lower …
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The impact of percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy feeding on quality of life
The provision of enteral feeding continues to increase with approximately 20,000 people in the United Kingdom feeding at home. Health care professionals have an ethical duty to recognise and treat malnutrition, though in clinical practice they are often faced with difficult decisions to ensure that …
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The Prevalence of Microbial Growth in Enteral Tube Feeding in Two North Central Hospitals
Enteral tube feeding (ETF) is used to provide nutrition via the gastrointestinal tract to individuals who are unable to meet their nutritional needs safely or adequately with oral intake. The ETF solution may support microbial growth when this growth is introduced into the ETF delivery system. …
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Gastro-duodenal motility & nutrition in the critically ill.
… measures. While it has been established that enteral nutrition is frequently unsuccessful in the critically ill, assessment of the success of feeding in an Australian intensive care unit (ICU) had not been performed previously. A prospective survey examined the incidence of, and risk factors …