Enteral nutritional therapy (ENT) is widely practiced
whenever the patient is unable to use oral feeding, however
still enjoys the full or partial ability of absorbing
nutrients from the gastrointestinal tract. ENT allows the
administration of adequate nutrients thus contributing to
alleviate malnutrition with its accompanying infectious
complications3-7. For more than two decades full resources
for enteral nutrition practice have been available in
Brazil including ready-to-use diets with defined composition,
flexible and biocompatible enteral tubes, and custom-designed
infusion pumps, thus permitting safe and
reliable enteral nutrition therapy with quality control,
both in the nosocomial and the home environment8-9