Enteral Nutrition

First Things First (assess & treat for the following)

  • Promptly consider nutritional support in ALL pts.
  • Effects of malnutrition include:
    • Delayed wound healing
    • Decreased resistance to infection
    • Metabolic abnormalities
    • Decreased organ function
    • Loss of lean body mass

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