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MeSH Heading: Enteral Nutrition
Tree Number(s): E02.421.360; E02.642.500.360
Unique ID: D004750
RDF Unique Identifier: http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D004750
Annotation: coordinate with disease /‌ther, not disease /‌diet ther; do not confuse with PARENTERAL NUTRITION or PARENTERAL NUTRITION, TOTAL
Scope Note: Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes.
Entry Term(s): Enteral Feeding; Force Feeding; Gastric Feeding Tubes; Nutrition, Enteral; Tube Feeding
NLM Classification #: WB 410
See Also: Food, Formulated; Gastrostomy; Intubation, Gastrointestinal
Public MeSH Note: 92; was ENTERAL FEEDING 1980-91, was TUBE FEEDING 1966-79; ENTERAL NUTRITION was see ENTERAL FEEDING 1990-91
Online Note: use ENTERAL NUTRITION to search ENTERAL FEEDING 1980-91 & TUBE FEEDING 1966-79
History Note: 92; was ENTERAL FEEDING 1980-91, was TUBE FEEDING 1964-79 (Prov 1964-65); ENTERAL NUTRITION was see ENTERAL FEEDING 1990-91
Date Established: 1966/01/01
Date of Entry: 1999/01/01
Revision Date: 2015/06/23

Allowable Qualifiers: adverse effects (AE)

classification (CL)

economics (EC)

ethics (ES)

history (HI)

instrumentation (IS)

methods (MT)

mortality (MO)

nursing (NU)

psychology (PX)

standards (ST)

statistics & numerical data (SN)

trends (TD)

veterinary (VE)

Enteral Nutrition MeSH Descriptor Data 2025