Nutrition of patients with severe neurologic impairment

Abstract

Commercial enteral formulas are generally recommended for gastrostomy feeding in patients with severe neurologic impairment. However, pureed food diets are still widely used and even gaining popularity among certain groups. We tried to compare the effectiveness of gastrostomy feeding for treatment of severe malnutrition with either enteral formulas or pureed feeds.

Keywords

• malnutrition
• severe neurologic impairment
• gastrostomy
• enteral formula
• pureed food