Pediatric enteric feeding techniques: insertion, maintenance, and management of problems.

Cardiovasc Intervent Radiol

Department of Clinical Radiology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.

Published: December 2010

Enteral feeding is considered a widespread, well-accepted means of delivering nutrition to adults and children who are unable to consume food by mouth or who need support in maintaining adequate nutrition for a variety of reasons, including acute and chronic disease states. Delivery of enteral feeding to nutritionally deprived patients may be achieved by several means. In this article, the indications and insertion of enteral access in children will be reviewed. In addition, common complications and management of problems will be discussed.

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