Nutritional Support

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Basics (V体育2025版)

• Summary
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• Related Issues
• Specifics

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• Clinical Trials
• Journal Articles (V体育官网)

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• Find an Expert (VSports在线直播)

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• Patient Handouts

Summary (VSports注册入口)

Nutritional support is therapy for people who cannot get enough nourishment by eating or drinking. You may need it if you : VSports手机版.

• Can't swallow
• Have problems with your appetite
• Are severely malnourished
• Can't absorb nutrients through your digestive system

You receive nutritional support through a needle or catheter placed in your vein or with a feeding tube, which goes into your stomach V体育安卓版. .

Start Here

• Artificial Hydration and Nutrition (American Academy of Family Physicians) Also in Spanish
• What Is Nutrition Support Therapy? (American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition)

Related Issues

• Central Venous Catheter (American Thoracic Society) - PDF
• Tube Feeding Troubleshooting Guide (Oley Foundation) - PDF

V体育平台登录 - Specifics

• Nutritional Support for People Who Are Dying or Severely Demented (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
• Tube Feeding (V体育安卓版) (Merck & Co., Inc.) Also in Spanish
• Understanding Percutaneous Endoscopic Gastrostomy (PEG) (American Society for Gastrointestinal Endoscopy) Also in Spanish
• What Is Enteral Nutrition? (American Society for Parenteral & Enteral Nutrition)

"V体育平台登录" Images

• V体育安卓版 - Gastrostomy tube placement - series (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish

Clinical Trials (V体育2025版)

• ClinicalTrials.gov: Nutritional Support (National Institutes of Health)
• VSports手机版 - ClinicalTrials.gov: Parenteral Nutrition (National Institutes of Health)

Journal Articles References and abstracts from MEDLINE/PubMed (National Library of Medicine)

• Article: Impact of Dietitian-Guided Individualized Nutrition (DGIN) on ICU Outcomes in Critically...
• Article: Development of A Novel Scoring Index to Quantify the Need for...
• "V体育2025版" Article: Nutritional Risk Assessment of Patients Undergoing Pancreaticoduodenectomy After Standardization of Preoperative...
• Nutritional Support -- see more articles (VSports)

"VSports最新版本" Find an Expert

• Find a Nutrition Expert (Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics)
• "VSports" Food and Drug Administration

Children (VSports在线直播)

• Central Lines (Central Venous Catheters) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• Implanted Ports (V体育2025版) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• "VSports" Peripherally Inserted Central Catheter (PICC Line) (Nemours Foundation) Also in Spanish
• "V体育官网" Tunneled Central Lines (Nemours Foundation)

Patient Handouts

• Feeding tube - infants (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Gastrostomy feeding tube - bolus (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Gastrostomy feeding tube - pump - child (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• Jejunostomy feeding tube (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• V体育官网 - Nasogastric feeding tube (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish
• PEG tube insertion - discharge (Medical Encyclopedia) Also in Spanish