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The purpose of this review is to analyze clinical outcomes in adults who use a blenderized tube feeding formula as their primary nutrition source.

There are distinct differences related to etiology, adaptive potential and complications, and medical and surgical management between children and adults.

Report on an evidence-based practice project that was designed to improve care by implementing the early nutrition portion of "Guidelines for the Provision and Assessment of Nutrition Support Therapy in the Adult Critically Ill Patient: Society of Critical Care Medicine and the American Society for Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition."

Evaluate of the effects of implementing a nutrition support team for hospitalized adults on parenteral nutrition compared with standard care.

We present up-to-date studies to clarify the effects of intermittent versus continuous feeding on feeding intolerance during enteral nutrition in critically ill adults.

A systematic review was conducted to evaluate the best available evidence regarding the validity of relevant body composition methods, such as dual energy X-ray absorptiometry, ultrasound, and bioelectrical impedance analysis, in clinical populations.

Quantification of trace-element contamination in components used for parenteral nutrition compounding for recommendations for MTE product reformulation and individualized trace-element prescribing in parenteral nutrition.

We also discuss the experience of two intestinal failure centers as an example of contemporary nutrition support teams at work.

The objective was to describe the quality of life of caregivers of patients with tetraparesis cerebral palsy who were fed by gastrostomy, to assess the mental health of these caregivers, to compare our data with data to other studies and to evaluate the possible interference of gastrostomy in the quality of life.

Review of the scientific literature that has verified and/or assessed compliance and adherence to enteral nutrition in adults.