Nutritional support for children and young people: nasogastric tubes

Leah Rosengarten*, Barbara Davies

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Abstract

The need to offer nutritional support to children and young people is commonplace for health professionals. This article explores the use and indication of nasogastric tubes (NGT) in children and young people, before explaining the process of inserting NGTs and the ongoing management of this method of nutritional support.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)S12-S18
Number of pages5
JournalBritish Journal of Nursing
Volume30
Issue number13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 8 Jul 2021

Keywords

  • Nutritional support
  • Nasogastric tubes
  • NGT
  • Children and young people

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