TY - JOUR
T1 - Tube feeding in the elderly
T2 - The technique, complications, and outcome
AU - Dharmarajan, T. S.
AU - Unnikrishnan, D.
PY - 2004/2
Y1 - 2004/2
N2 - Tube feeding is an art and a science that is increasingly used in our aging society as more people become physically incapacitated or have dementia. Properly used tube feeding can be helpful. However, patients should be monitored for tolerance and complications and assessed for a possible return to oral feeding. The joy of eating, one of the pleasures in life, should not be denied if at all possible.
AB - Tube feeding is an art and a science that is increasingly used in our aging society as more people become physically incapacitated or have dementia. Properly used tube feeding can be helpful. However, patients should be monitored for tolerance and complications and assessed for a possible return to oral feeding. The joy of eating, one of the pleasures in life, should not be denied if at all possible.
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U2 - 10.3810/pgm.2004.02.1443
DO - 10.3810/pgm.2004.02.1443
M3 - Review article
C2 - 15000061
AN - SCOPUS:1342283092
SN - 0032-5481
VL - 115
SP - 51
EP - 61
JO - Postgraduate medicine
JF - Postgraduate medicine
IS - 2
ER -