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Ins and Outs of Enteral Access. Part 1: Short-Term Enteral AccessDepartment of Surgery, St. Elizabeth Health Center, Youngstown, Ohio; and Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, Rootstown, Ohio Correspondence: Correspondence: Dr Vincent W. Vanke, MD, CNSP, FA, Saint Elizabeth Hospital, 1044 Belmont Avenue, PO Box 1790, Youngs-town, OH 44501-1790. Electronic mail may be sent to vince_vanek{at}hmis.org. Proper selection of the type of enteral access in a given clinical situation is important to maximize the benefit to the patient and minimize the discomfort to the patient, the morbidity and mortality, and the cost. This decision is based on whether or not the patient needs short-term (<4–6 weeks) or long-term enteral nutrition support. This article focuses on short-term access including nasogastric (NG) and nasoenteric (NE) tubes and reviews each of these enteral access tubes along with their indications, contraindications, advantages, and disadvantages.
Nutrition in Clinical Practice, Vol. 17, No. 5,
275-283 (2002) This article has been cited by other articles:
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