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Tube Feeding

There are a number of underlying clinical conditions which prevent a patient from being unable to eat and drink orally, or eat and drink enough to meet their nutritional requirements. Enteral feeding is the delivery of nutrition via a tube placed directly into the patients' gastrointestinal system, either into the stomach or small intestine. It is estimated that there are approximately 2,500 adults and children in Ireland who are receiving their nutrition via an enteral feeding tube. Learn more about enteral feeding below.

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Examining the science behind alternative dietary protein sources

Recorded webinars & presentations | Frailty & Disease Related Malnutrition | Prof. Benjamin Wall

29 mins

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What's new in home enteral tube feeding

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Ashleigh Nelson and Rachel Wright

22 mins

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Supporting Patient Centred Decisions about Gastrostomy Placement

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Sean White

29 mins

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How does medical nutrition transform lives: a physician–patient experience

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Prof. Paul Wischmeyer

20 mins

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Importance of Nutrition for Care Home Residents Webinar

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Prof. Tommy Cederholm

15 mins

Nutricia Study Day 2022: The Evolution of Dietetic Practice Post-Pandemic

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Breaking Down Peptide-Based Feeds: Who, Why, and When to Use

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Mary Phillips

41 mins

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Protein Quality as well as Quantity and their Interactions with Exercise

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Professor Phillip J Atherton

45 mins

Nutricia Virtual Congress 2021

High protein enteral feeding strategies in the ICU and post-ICU poster

High Protein Enteral Feeding Strategies in the ICU and Post ICU. Nutricia Virtual Congress 2021.

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Prof Arthur Van Zaten, Dr Lee-Anne Chapple, Dr Emma Ridley

56 mins

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Poster session (Gastrointestinal Intolerance). 1. Improved compliance and nutrient intake with a new peptide tube feed. 2. Better compliance and stable tolerance with a new peptide ONS. Nutricia Virtual Congress 2021.

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Dr Ben Green

8 mins

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Quality of life improving on a high energy peptide feed - a patient story. Nutricia Virtual Congress 2021.

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Lisa Green

42 mins

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Liquid protein modular feed with excellent compliance and gastrointestinal intolerance

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Dr Ben Green

7 mins

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Poster session: Improved protein intake, handgrip strength and quality of life with a new enteral feed. Nutricia Virtual Congress 2021.

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Dr Ben Green

7 mins

Enteral Feeding in ICU

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Nutrition support post ICU: Guidance on continuing nutrition from ICU to recovery

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Danni Bear, Pete Turner, Dr Judith Merriweather, Louise Albrich

1 hr 22 mins

Webinar - COVID-19: Nutritional support in the ICU

Recorded webinars & presentations | Tube Feeding | Liesl Wandrag

75 mins

Other resources

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Flocare Gravity Pack Set: instructions for use

Downloads and Tools for Healthcare Professionals | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

5 mins

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Bolus feeding presentation

Downloads and Tools for Healthcare Professionals | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

10 mins

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Unblocking a gastrostomy tube

Downloads and Tools for Healthcare Professionals | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

3 mins

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Measuring the pH of gastric aspirate

Downloads and Tools for Healthcare Professionals | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

5 mins

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Opening a fixation device

Downloads and Tools for Healthcare Professionals | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

3 mins

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Flushing a gastrostomy tube

Videos | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

5 mins

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Bolus feeding - plunger method

Videos | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

2 mins

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Balloon water volume check

Videos | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

5 mins

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Bolus feeding with or without plunger

Videos | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

2 mins

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Advance and rotation of a gastrostomy tube

Videos | Tube Feeding | Nutricia Academy

3 mins

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