Artificial nutrition refers to the provision of nutrients by means other than an individual consuming food or fluid orally and is sometimes (but not always) indicated when individuals are unable to meet their nutritional requirements via oral intake. This may occur for a variety of reasons including stroke, head and neck cancers and neurological conditions such as multiple sclerosis and motor neurone disease.
There are several considerations which need to be made when contemplating whether artificial nutrition (sometimes called enteral nutrition) is appropriate for an individual, Read more »
