Nasogastric Tube Feeding in Older Patients: A Review of Current Practice and Challenges Faced

Nasogastric tube feeding is an essential way of delivering enteral nutrition when the oral route is insufficient or unsafe. Malnutrition is recognised as a reversible factor for sarcopenia and frailty. It is therefore crucial that malnutrition is treated in older inpatients who have dysphagia and re...

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Autores principales: Chauhan, Devkishan, Varma, Surabhi, Dani, Melanie, Fertleman, Michael B., Koizia, Louis J.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Hindawi 2021
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Review Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8056871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6650675

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8056871/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33936197
http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2021/6650675

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