Paliatívna medicína a liečba bolesti 2/2010

Sipping enteral nutrition and its role in advancing patients – how to choose and use it

Sipping enteral nutrition is an important tool in optimization of nutrient intake in palliative care, but it is not used effectively at present. One reason besides others is also the fact that the profession of nutrition therapist is not used efficiently in direct patient care.

Keywords: sipping, palliative care, nutrition therapist, nutrition.