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Enteral Access in Home CareFrom Coram Healthcare, Section of Nutrition, Digestive Disease Center, Medical University of South Carolina, South Carolina Correspondence: Mark H. Delegge, MD, 3233 Cottonfield Drive, Mount Pleasant, SC 29466-8014. Electronic mail may be sent to deleggem{at}musc.edu. Enteral nutrition is the delivery of nutrients through the gastrointestinal tract. For those patients who cannot or will not swallow, an enteral access device (EAD) is required. Some of these devices can be passed through the oral or nasal cavity into the stomach or small bowel. Alternatively, the devices can be percutaneously placed by an endoscopist or a radiologist into the stomach or small bowel. Knowledge of the appropriate use of these devices, the appropriate maintenance management of these devices, and the appropriate treatment of EAD-related complications is essential for the clinician to understand in order to provide effective nutrition therapy.
Journal of Parenteral and Enteral Nutrition, Vol. 30, No. 1 suppl,
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