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Nutritional Support (Artificial Feeding) Summary

Description: The administration of nutrients for assimilation and utilization by a patient by means other than normal eating. It does not include FLUID THERAPY which normalizes body fluids to restore WATER-ELECTROLYTE BALANCE.

Also Known As: Artificial Feeding; Feeding, Artificial; Support, Nutritional

Networked: 2781 relevant articles (178 outcomes, 246 trials/studies) for this Therapy

Key Diseases for which Nutritional Support is Relevant

  1. Neoplasms (Cancer) : 23 outcomes 45 studies in 327 results
  2. Critical Illness (Critically Ill) : 17 outcomes 36 studies in 314 results
  3. Malnutrition : 10 outcomes 29 studies in 315 results
  4. Wounds and Injuries (Trauma) : 10 outcomes 13 studies in 172 results
  5. Sepsis (Septicemia) : 8 outcomes 7 studies in 101 results
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Drugs Related to Nutritional Support

  1. Anti-Bacterial Agents (Antibiotics)
  2. Prealbumin (Transthyretin)
  3. Nitrogen
  4. Serum Albumin
  5. Amino Acids
  6. Carbon Monoxide
  7. Arginine (L-Arginine)
  8. Oxygen
  9. Steroids
  10. Adrenal Cortex Hormones (Corticosteroids)
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Therapies Related to Nutritional Support

  1. Drug Therapy (Chemotherapy)
  2. Enteral Nutrition (Feeding, Tube)
  3. Resuscitation
  4. Transplants (Transplant)
  5. Gastrostomy
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