March 2017

Drug-nutrient interaction in prescriptions for enteral feeding at the intensive care unit of a general hospital

Patients undergo nutritional therapy so as to prevent malnutrition or worsening of the condition. When they are unable to receive oral nutrition, the most common form of physiological and nutritional therapy is through enteral nutrition (EN). The drug-nutrient interaction is described as occurring changes in the kinetics or dynamics of the drug or nutrient administered. The purpose of this study is to describe...

Author(s): Renata Ferreira Silva, Renata Costa Fortes and Maria Rita Carvalho Garbi Novaes