Home enteral nutrition
Virgili, N.; Vilarasau, M.C.
Revista de Enfermeria 22(4): 260-266
1999
ISSN/ISBN: 0210-5020 PMID: 10514751 Document Number: 499933
Enteral nutrition in the home is applied to stabilized patients who do not require hospitalization or to chronically ill patients who can stay in their homes. However, ensuring the correct administration of this treatment requires a coordinated, expert multidisciplinary team. This article reviews the conditions for use of enteral nutrition in the home, the means of access, the nutritional formulas, the administrative technique, and the complications enteral nutrition in the home may present. Furthermore, the composition and characteristics of the multidisciplinary team which will be in charge of carrying out this treatment is discussed.