Oral/Enteral Nutrition
For the instances where oral or enteral nutritional support is necessary, be prepared with recommendations, tips and troubleshooting assistance from our registered dietitian.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
FDA Warning for Children with Enteral Feeding Sets
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) issued a safety communication regarding children with enteral feeding sets. To access the full communication, click here.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Oral Aversions and Tube Feeding
Many children with feeding tubes develop oral aversions. Learn more about this issue, why it occurs and helpful treatment and resources.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
The Tube Feeding ENFit Initiative
Learn from registered dietitian, Gina Salvatori, with CHC Solutions about how the ENFit initiative aims to make tube feeding safer. In addition, learn steps that you can take to start your transition.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Nutrition Recommendations After Ostomy Surgery
Registered dietitian (RD) with CHC Solutions, Inc., Gina Salvatori, shares nutritional recommendations for those recovering from ostomy surgery.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Why and When You May Need a Feeding Tube
Feeding tubes provide nutrition directly into the GI tract, bypassing the mouth. There are many reasons a person may need one including gastrointestinal, mechanical or neurological problems. Such problems can lead to a person being unable to eat the quantity and variety of food and drinks needed to meet their nutritional needs. Learn from the registered dietitian with CHC Solutions, Inc., Gina Salvatori, about when it may be time for a feeding tube and if it can be a temporary solution.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Troubleshooting A Clogged Feeding Tube
Gina Salvatori, a registered dietitian with CHC Solutions, Inc., informed us of the best ways to troubleshoot a clogged feeding tube. “I remember very early on in my clinical rotations hearing a nurse say the best way to fix a clogged feeding tube is by preventing it in the first place,” said Salvatori.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Troubleshooting Site Irritation and Tube Leakage
Gina Salvatori, registered dietitian with CHC Solutions, Inc., provides advice on troubleshooting site irritation and tube leakage.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Caloric Intake for Children with Cystic Fibrosis
For today’s Conversations with Clinicians, Gina Salvatori, a registered dietitian (RD) and licensed dietitian/nutritionist (LDN) with CHC Solutions, Inc., answered our questions on overcoming nutritional challenges for children with cystic fibrosis.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Creating an Emergency G-Tube Kit
There are several items G-tube users or their caregivers need to keep nearby in the event of an incident with the supplies or an emergency.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Allergy Friendly Thanksgiving Meal
Thanksgiving is a holiday when you appreciate your blessings and eat good food. However, many children and adults have food allergies preventing them from enjoying the food everyone else is having. It doesn’t have to be this way! Kids with Food Allergies came up with a list of tips and substitutions.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Incorporating Tube Feeding Fun into Halloween
For this Halloween season, let’s include our tube feeding friends in the fun! There are many ways to incorporate this part of your life into the celebration along with tips on how to participate in regular festivities.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Tube Feeding During A Power Outage
Power outages are common and it’s important to have a plan in place to be able to administer tube feedings during an outage, according to the nonprofit group Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Cross-Contact and Food Allergies
Cross-contact happens when one food comes into contact with another food and their proteins mix. As a result, each food then contains small – usually not even visible – amounts of the other one, which can be a problem for those with food allergies, according to Gina Salvatori, a registered dietitian with CHC Solutions, Inc.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Tube Feeding Guide to Educate Parents
The nonprofit group Feeding Tube Awareness Foundation offers a website with information for parents and caregivers working with children who are tube-fed.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Feeding Intolerance Side Effects
The website Feeding Tube Awareness provides multiple resources and trouble-shooting tips on what to do if a child someone is caring for experiences tube-feeding intolerance.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Dental care for kids who are tube-fed
Children with feeding tubes may need some extra attention
regarding oral/dental care, because children who don’t eat orally at all or as
often typically don’t produce as much teeth-cleaning saliva as other children
do.
Oral/Enteral Nutrition
Caregiver Tips for Tube Feeding A Child At School
Two out of every five patients with feeding tubes are children, so the question of how best to tube feed at school is an important one.