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Abstract
Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.
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Synonyms
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- Nutrition, Enteral
- Enteral Feeding
- Force Feeding
- Gastric Feeding Tubes
- Tube Feeding
- Feeding Tube, Gastric
- Feeding Tubes, Gastric
- Feeding, Enteral
- Feeding, Force
- Feeding, Tube
- Feedings, Force
- Force Feedings
- Gastric Feeding Tube
- Tube, Gastric Feeding
- Tubes, Gastric Feeding
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, ethics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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Indexing Annotation
coordinate with disease /ther, not disease /diet ther; do not confuse with PARENTERAL NUTRITION or PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL
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History Note
92; was ENTERAL FEEDING 1980-91, was TUBE FEEDING 1964-79 (Prov 1964-65); ENTERAL NUTRITION was see ENTERAL FEEDING 1990-91
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WB 410
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References
- National Library of Medicine. Enteral Nutrition. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D004750. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D004750
- Enteral Nutrition. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tubefeeding
- Enteral Nutrition. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3879930