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Deconstructing Pediatric Blenderized Tube Feeding
Author(s) -
Zettle Stacey
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
nutrition in clinical practice
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.725
H-Index - 71
eISSN - 1941-2452
pISSN - 0884-5336
DOI - 10.1177/0884533616662993
Subject(s) - popularity , medicine , tube (container) , feeding tube , variety (cybernetics) , subject (documents) , plan (archaeology) , surgery , world wide web , social psychology , artificial intelligence , mechanical engineering , psychology , engineering , computer science , history , archaeology
Blenderized tube feeding has been steadily gaining in popularity among parents and caregivers of tube‐fed children. Numerous websites and social media accounts are devoted to the topic, and the parent may be the one to initially broach the subject of implementing this type of feeding plan. This article discusses several different approaches to planning a blenderized tube feeding. As practitioners build their knowledge of and familiarity with blenderized tube feeding, they may feel more comfortable recommending this method to a wider variety of patients.