Incorrect medication administration may result in clogged feeding tubes, lower drug efficacy, increased adverse effects, or drug-formula incompatibilities. Do you know appropriate techniques?

The leaflet Drug Administration Via Enteral feeding Tubes – A Guide for General Practitioners and Community Pharmacists explains the need for guidance, preferred formulations, legal implications, drug ...

Original Article Published: 14 April 2005 Enteral Administration of a Simulated Amniotic Fluid to Very Low Birth Weight Neonates Robert D Christensen MD, Thomas Havranek MD, Dale R Gerstmann MD ...

Enteral nutrition is administration of a specialized liquid food mixture that contains proteins, carbohydrates, lipids, vitamins, and minerals into the stomach or small bowel through tube-feeding ...

This review considers enteral nutrition in the context of disease-related malnutrition, provides evidence for the use of enteral nutrition in hospitalized patients, and discusses practice considera ...

Pellets (not for enteral administration or for oral susp prep): sprinkle contents of packet on ≥1 spoonfuls of soft food (eg, applesauce, yogurt, or pudding).

One example of where administration of a medication via an enteral feeding tube may cause an issue is with digoxin, which is absorbed in the stomach (White and Bradnam, 2009); there is little point ...

Augmented Enteral Protein No Benefit in Critically Ill Patients — Days free of the index hospital and alive at day 90 similar to usual care ...

There are many routes of administration for drugs, including oral, nasal, and intravenous. Each route has its own benefits and risks.

Pediatrics > General Pediatrics Insulin Supplement in Preterm Babies' Milk Bolstered Feedings — Both low- and high-dose insulin hastened time to full enteral feeding by Kristen Monaco, Staff ...

Medication Administration Considerations With EN If the medications are needed and alternative routes of drug delivery are not options, then the medications may be given through enteral feeding tubes.