PERCUTANEOUS ENDOSCOPIC GASTROSTOMY

Every healthy person has a range of daily oral intake for each essential nutrient, which is adequate and safe. The lower end of this range is called ‘the daily dietary requirement’. If these requirements were not met, deficiencies would surface over time in the absence of nutrition supplements. The decision to begin nutrition support is based on the number and intensity of factors given in Figure-1. The objectives of optimal nutrition support (Table-1) can be easily memorized by the memory aid — FACE MTV (Table-2)