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The role of the gastroenterologist in the provision of artificial nutrition support
  Background:
Nutrition support is required for the prevention or treatment of malnutrition in patients with intestinal failure and those who are unable to eat.
Aims:
To determine the demands upon gastroenterologists for nutrition support, the available resources, and compliance with the British Society of Gastroenterology (BSG) guidelines.
Method:
A questionnaire was circulated to all 483 consultant physician members of the BSG.
Results:
There were 336 (70%) replies. Fifty‐three per cent of respondents reported malnutrition in 20% or more of their patients. Seventy‐nine per cent of consultants supervised patients on enteral feeding, and 64% supervised parenteral feeding. Feeding jejunostomy was used by 61% of Teaching Hospital (TH) consultants but only 38% of District General Hospital (DGH) consultants (P

  • Type:

    Article

  • Date:

    30 April 1998

  • Publication Status:

    Published

  • DOI:

    10.1046/j.1365-2036.1998.00317.x

  • Cross Ref:

    10.1046/j.1365-2036.1998.00317.x

  • ISSN:

    0269-2813

  • Library of Congress:

    RC Internal medicine

  • Dewey Decimal Classification:

    616 Diseases

  • Funders:

    University of Dundee

Citation

Stockdale, A., Williams, B., & Pennington, C. (1998). The role of the gastroenterologist in the provision of artificial nutrition support. Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics, 12(4), 367-372. https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1365-2036.1998.00317.x

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Keywords

Nutrition support, malnutrition, intestinal failure, Gastroenterology,

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