Feeding tubes

Re: Feeding tubes

Juliet Drummond DAVN (med) RVN D32/33 — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 21:53:22 GMT

[quote user="Sal the 1st"]

I know its a human rather than animal product but failing everything else have you tried 'ensure'

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i use this when i cant get entralcare its availiable over the counter at larger chemists, comes i chicken or vanilla flavours (i figure the flavour does not matter as its going down a tube. if i remember correctly it is a bout 1kcal per ml.

Re: Feeding tubes

Sal the 1st — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:59:43 GMT

I know its a human rather than animal product but failing everything else have you tried 'ensure'

Re: Feeding tubes

Steph Worsley — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:25:19 GMT

[quote user="Susan Jackson"]

[quote user="Steph Worsley"]

the prob with liquivite is that it only contains 50Kcal per 100ml so you need mahoooosive amounts to fill BER

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The problem with liquivite is it blocks in the holes at the end of the tubes.

Royal canin do convalescent which is a powder that you make up. It's reasonable priced, has good feeding guides, easy to make up, long shelf life and I've never seen it block the holes.

There is another one which used to come in a can made up but I think that one has stopped, sorry can't remember the name.

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liquivite can block the tube true but so can convalesence you have to dilute it down even further than the "normal" dilution (even a RC rep has admitted this) so need to work out the calorie content per 100ml you make up

I think the food you might be thinking about is Fortol, and it has been stopped, and enteral care has taken over.

OP have you tried different wholesalers to get it in? and you are trying to get the MP aren't you? as the HP has been discontinued

Re: Feeding tubes

Susan Jackson — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 20:16:26 GMT

[quote user="Steph Worsley"]

the prob with liquivite is that it only contains 50Kcal per 100ml so you need mahoooosive amounts to fill BER

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The problem with liquivite is it blocks in the holes at the end of the tubes.

Royal canin do convalescent which is a powder that you make up. It's reasonable priced, has good feeding guides, easy to make up, long shelf life and I've never seen it block the holes.

There is another one which used to come in a can made up but I think that one has stopped, sorry can't remember the name.

Re: Feeding tubes

Steph Worsley — Wed, 19 Oct 2011 19:49:32 GMT

the prob with liquivite is that it only contains 50Kcal per 100ml so you need mahoooosive amounts to fill BER

Re: Feeding tubes

Stuart McQueen RVN MBVNA — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 23:19:59 GMT

Liquivite... I think that's how you spell it?

Re: Feeding tubes

Steph Worsley — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 17:50:36 GMT

you can blitz down sensitivity quite well (just make sure it has a 5-10 min warm water bath prior to feeding) with 1/3 water to food. I use this 95% of the time