This position document has been developed by the Dysphagia Working Group, a committee
of members from the European Society for Swallowing Disorders and the European Union …

Although advances in intensive care have enabled more patients to survive an acute critical
illness, they also have created a large and growing population of chronically critically ill …

This guideline will inform physicians, nurses, dieticians, pharmacists, caregivers and other
home enteral nutrition (HEN) providers about the indications and contraindications for HEN …

This ESPEN practical guideline will inform physicians, nurses, dieticians, pharmacists,
caregivers and other home enteral nutrition (HEN) providers in a concise way about the …

Background A number of conditions compromise the passage of food along the digestive
tract. Nasogastric tube (NGT) feeding is a classic, time‐proven technique, although its …

Nutritional intake is often compromised in elderly, multimorbid patients. Enteral nutrition (EN)
by means of oral nutritional supplements (ONS) and tube feeding (TF) offers the possibility to …

Pressure ulcers (pressure sores) continue to be a common health problem, particularly
among the physically limited or bedridden elderly. The problem exists within the entire …

Introduction: Vitamin D may affect multiple health outcomes. If so, an effect on mortality is to
be expected. Using pooled data from randomized controlled trials, we performed individual …

Ziel: Als natürlich gewachsenes Gebiet ist die Nomenklatur in der klinischen Ernährung
sowohl geografisch wie auch berufsgruppenspezifisch national und international …

Fragestellung: Ältere Menschen haben ein erhöhtes Risiko für Mangelernährung und sind
häufig von Mangelernährung betroffen. Dabei besteht oft Unklarheit darüber, welche …