TY - JOUR
T1 - Defining and assessing tolerance in enteral nutrition
AU - Bernard, Andrew C.
AU - Magnuson, Barbara
AU - Tsuei, Betty J.
AU - Swintosky, Marjorie
AU - Barnes, Stephen
AU - Kearney, Paul A.
PY - 2004/10
Y1 - 2004/10
N2 - Nutrition support has become widely recognized as an essential component of optimal care for acutely ill patients. Enteral nutrition is preferred over parenteral routes when possible. However, prescribed enteral nutritional regimens are sometimes met with side effects and even complications. These adverse events have been collectively termed "intolerance," and forms of intolerance occur in a spectrum from bothersome at least to life threatening when most severe. Here we discuss nutritional access and its maintenance, introduce and define intolerance, and then review the current literature with regard to principal forms of enteral nutrition intolerance.
AB - Nutrition support has become widely recognized as an essential component of optimal care for acutely ill patients. Enteral nutrition is preferred over parenteral routes when possible. However, prescribed enteral nutritional regimens are sometimes met with side effects and even complications. These adverse events have been collectively termed "intolerance," and forms of intolerance occur in a spectrum from bothersome at least to life threatening when most severe. Here we discuss nutritional access and its maintenance, introduce and define intolerance, and then review the current literature with regard to principal forms of enteral nutrition intolerance.
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U2 - 10.1177/0115426504019005481
DO - 10.1177/0115426504019005481
M3 - Review article
C2 - 16215143
AN - SCOPUS:4644327289
SN - 0884-5336
VL - 19
SP - 481
EP - 486
JO - Nutrition in Clinical Practice
JF - Nutrition in Clinical Practice
IS - 5
ER -