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Commercial Enteral Formulas and Nutritional Support Team

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Abstract

According to the World Health Organization, foods for special dietary uses are defined as those foods which are specially processed or formulated to satisfy particular dietary requirements which exist because of a particular physical or physiological condition and/or specific disease, ordinary foods being unable to satisfy these requirements.

Formulas can be considered as either complete or incomplete depending on whether they alone can fulfill all of the individual’s nutritional requirements. Complete formulas can be classified according to the protein’s chemical form, protein quantity, caloric density, osmolarity, and/or possible fiber additive, with qualitative and quantitative differences between them depending on the age range they are intended for. Selection of formulas must consider mainly the patient’s age, the functional digestive capacity, and the underlying disease. Clinical nutrition teams should be multidisciplinary groups in charge of providing nutritional support and setting the criteria for the selection and prescription of enteral nutrition products in hospitals.

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Abbreviations

DRIs:

Dietary reference intakes

EN:

Enteral nutrition

LCT:

Long chain triglycerides

MCT:

Medium chain triglycerides

MTD:

Maltodextrine

TCV:

Total caloric value

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  1. Division of Pediatric Gastroenterology and Nutrition, Hospital Infantil Universitario Niño Jesús, Menéndez Pelayo St 65, 28009, Madrid, Spain

    Consuelo Carmen Pedrón-Giner & Ana Martínez-Zazo

  2. Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Unit, Hospital Materno Infantil, Arroyo de los Angeles Avenue, 29011, Málaga, Spain

    Victor Manuel Navas-López

  3. Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of Valencia, Hospital Clínico Universitario of Valencia, Blasco Ibáñez Avenue, 17, 46010, Valencia, Spain

    Cecilia Martínez-Costa

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  1. Department of Nutrition, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    Rajkumar Rajendram

  2. School of Medicine, King's College London, London, United Kingdom

    Victor R. Preedy

  3. Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom

    Vinood B. Patel

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Pedrón-Giner, C.C., Navas-López, V.M., Martínez-Costa, C., Martínez-Zazo, A. (2014). Commercial Enteral Formulas and Nutritional Support Team. In: Rajendram, R., Preedy, V., Patel, V. (eds) Diet and Nutrition in Critical Care. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-8503-2_75-1

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