Tube Feeding in Neurologically Disabled Children: Hot Topics and New Directions.

Valeria Dipasquale, Madeleine Aumar, Delphine Ley, Matthieu Antoine, Claudio Romano, Frédéric Gottrand

Journal: Nutrients 2022;14(18):3831

PMID: 36145204

Abstract

Tube feeding is a therapeutic intervention that is aimed at providing nutritional support and is important in the nutritional and gastrointestinal management of children with neurological disability (ND) worldwide. Since the publication of the first European Society of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition (ESPGHAN) consensus paper in 2017, some aspects of tube-feeding modalities have attracted the interest of the scientific community more than others, including the type of enteral formulas, enteral access, and the challenging practice of tube weaning. The purpose of this review was to report on the most recent hot topics and new directions in tube-feeding strategies for children with ND.

Address: Pediatric Gastroenterology and Cystic Fibrosis Unit, Department of Human Pathology in Adulthood and Childhood "G. Barresi", University Hospital "G. Martino", 98124 Messina, Italy.; CHU Lille Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Department of Paediatrics, Jeanne de Flandre Children's Hospital, F59000 Lille, France.; University Lille, U1286-INFINITE-Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, F59000 Lille, France.

DOI: 10.3390/nu14183831

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MeSH Terms: Child, Children with Disabilities, Enteral Nutrition, Gastroenterology, Gastrostomy, Humans, Intubation, Gastrointestinal, Nutritional Status, Nutritional Support