Tube feed or not tube feed?
Level V
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- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 12685538.
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Abstract
Tube feeding should always be considered relative to patient goals. Physicians should be prepared to discuss tube feeding as an option bearing in mind what evidence (or lack thereof) exists that tube feeding will help reach such goals.
Medical subject headings
- Decision Making
- Enteral Nutrition
- Terminal Care