Evaluation of the profile of drug therapy administered through enteral feeding tube in a general hospital in Rio de Janeiro

Enteral nutrition (EN) is the method of choice for patients that cannot adequately receive oral feeding despite good gastrointestinal tract condition. Enteral diets may be administered through tube or ostomy placed in the stomach, duodenum or jejunum. The administration of drugs via enteral feeding...

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Main Authors: Mario Jorge Sobreira da Silva, Carlos Eduardo Meireles Cava, Patrícia Kaiser Pedroso, Débora Omena Futuro
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Universidade de São Paulo 2011-06-01
Series:Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1984-82502011000200014