RESUMO
The use of home enteral or parenteral nutrition has been a necessary step in the optimization of nu tritional support in patients who, due to several diseases, fail to meet their nutritional requirements by oral feeding. This article presents the recommendations of the Chilean Pediatric Society Nutritio nal Branch, aimed at health teams that treat pediatric patients who require enteral feeding for a long time. The general objective is to provide guidelines for the proper management of these patients. It describes the ideal conformation of the health team for the care and follow-up of those patients, the program admission criteria, and its evaluation method over time. In addition, it describes general characteristics of enteral feeding, routes of administration, available enteral formulas, complications, and patient follow-up.
Assuntos
Nutrição Enteral/normas , Serviços de Assistência Domiciliar/normas , Adolescente , Assistência ao Convalescente/métodos , Assistência ao Convalescente/normas , Criança , Chile , Doença Crônica , Nutrição Enteral/efeitos adversos , Nutrição Enteral/métodos , Humanos , Pediatria , Sociedades MédicasRESUMO
Resumen: El uso de apoyo nutricional ambulatorio, enteral o parenteral, ha sido un paso necesario en la opti mización del soporte nutricional en pacientes, que, por diversas patologías, no logran cumplir con sus requerimientos por vía oral (VO). En el presente artículo se presentan las recomendaciones de la Rama de Nutrición, dirigidas a los equipos de salud que atienden pacientes pediátricos, que requieran alimentación enteral por un tiempo prolongado. Su objetivo general es entregar pautas para un co rrecto manejo en estos pacientes. Se describe la conformación ideal del equipo de salud para atención y seguimiento de dichos pacientes, los criterios de ingreso al programa y su forma de evaluación en el tiempo. Además, se describen características generales de la alimentación enteral, vías de admi nistración, fórmulas enterales disponibles, complicaciones de este soporte nutricional y por último monitorización y seguimiento del paciente.
Abstract The use of home enteral or parenteral nutrition has been a necessary step in the optimization of nu tritional support in patients who, due to several diseases, fail to meet their nutritional requirements by oral feeding. This article presents the recommendations of the Chilean Pediatric Society Nutritio nal Branch, aimed at health teams that treat pediatric patients who require enteral feeding for a long time. The general objective is to provide guidelines for the proper management of these patients. It describes the ideal conformation of the health team for the care and follow-up of those patients, the program admission criteria, and its evaluation method over time. In addition, it describes general characteristics of enteral feeding, routes of administration, available enteral formulas, complications, and patient follow-up.
