EnteraLoc Flow is the first seamless, closed-loop enteral feeding solution that combines a spill-proof pouch, direct-connect ENFit® device, tube, and nutritious food options in one complete feeding ...

The advent of total parenteral nutrition in the late 1960s meant that no situation remained in which a patient could not be fed. Unfortunately, total parenteral nutrition was complicated by serious ...

Forty-six oral medications communly used in hospitalized patients were evaluated. Study investigators identified these medications as the formulary medications most frequently prescribed in the ...

Enteral feeding kits pose a risk for strangulation in children, according to a safety alert from the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The safety alert was prompted by two deaths linked to the ...

Patients with exocrine pancreatic insufficiency (EPI) have suboptimal secretion of pancreatic digestive enzymes and experience a range of clinical symptoms related to the malabsorption of fat. In ...

Parenteral nutrition (PN) is the medical term for receiving nutrients intravenously (by IV, meaning by a needle in your vein). There are two types of parenteral nutrition: total parenteral nutrition ...

In both cases, the toddlers were found with the tubing wrapped around their necks for a short period of time. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has issued a safety communication regarding the ...