Concept information
Preferred term
Enteral Nutrition
Type
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Topical Descriptor
Broader concept
Entry terms
- Nutrition, Enteral
Note
- coordinate with disease /ther, not disease /diet ther; do not confuse with PARENTERAL NUTRITION or PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL
Scope note
- 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.
History note
- 92; was ENTERAL FEEDING 1980-91, was TUBE FEEDING 1964-79 (Prov 1964-65); ENTERAL NUTRITION was see ENTERAL FEEDING 1990-91
In other languages
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Finnish
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Swedish
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Näringssond
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Sondnäring
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Tvångsmatning
URI
http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D004750
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