Applications of Nasogastric Tube Renutrition in Medicine: Indications and Open Issues
A special issue of Nutrients (ISSN 2072-6643). This special issue belongs to the section "Clinical Nutrition".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 September 2025 | Viewed by 8593
Special Issue Editor
Interests: eating and feeding disorders; anorexia nervosa; personality; psychopathology; treatment outcomes; neurosciences
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Dear Colleagues,
The introduction of a nasogastric tube (NGT) to nourish patients who are affected by nasogastric intubation and parenteral nutrition due to medical and psychiatric disorders is a practice that may also be applicable in cases of complete feeding refusal or severe malnutrition with incomplete oral feeding when oral nutrition is not indicated for medical reasons, or in subjects with insufficient bowel absorption. Notwithstanding its frequent nutritional recommendation and the research supporting its efficacy from a medical perspective, no study has systematically explored the psychological consequences of introducing an NGT in patients with nasogastric intubation and parenteral nutrition due to medical and psychiatric disorders. Moreover, treatment with NGTs could be enhanced via the tailored selection of the product’s composition and the careful monitoring of any possible complications (e.g., refeeding syndrome).
Some evidence suggests that despite the initial negative perception of NGTs due to prejudice and the initial physical discomfort, this instrument effectively increases an individual’s weight gradually and steadily and progressively reduces their discomfort.
This Special Issue aims to collect relevant studies on supplementing nutrition for patients through nasogastric tube delivery or parenteral nutrition. We look forward to receiving your submissions.
Dr. Federico Amianto
Guest Editor
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Keywords
- anorexia nervosa
- artificial nutrition
- nasogastric tube
- psychological correlates
- clinical nutrition
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