[Feeding tube placement: auscultatory method and x-ray agreement].

Objective: to evaluate the correlation between the auscultation test and X-ray when detecting the position of an enteral feeding tube.

Methods: cross-sectional study in an intensive care unit in southern Brazil, in 2011. Clinical nurse and nurse researcher performed auscultation test recording the impressions regarding the placement of an enteral feeding tube in 80 patients.

Enteral feeding tubes: are insertion techniques and positioning based on anatomical evidence?

Patients in whom oral energy intake is insufficient for daily needs may develop malnutrition and its complications, such as increased infection rates, increased length of hospitalization, and death. Enteral feeding is beneficial for these patients. However, this therapy is not without complications related to the insertion and placement of enteral feeding tubes.

Enteral nutrition: differences between volume, energy and protein prescribed and administered in adults.

Objectives: Different conditions require that critically ill patients to receive lower than prescribed enteral nutrition volumes, energy and protein. This study objective was to evaluate the prescribed versus administered enteral nutrition difference in adults admitted to an intensive care unit.

Methods: In 2009, patients were followed for 30 days from the start of enteral nutrition to its discontinuation, or discharge from the intensive care unit.