Enteral nutritional support for an elderly critically ill patient with gastroesophageal reflux disease and situs inversus totalis: a case report
Herein, we present a case of serious protein-energy malnutrition in an elderly critically ill patient with situs inversus totalis. It was difficult to implement enteral nutrition in this patient for more than 2 months of hospitalisation in another hospital, and we applied electromagnetic navigation guidance to implement enteral nutrition after successful placement of nasojejunal tubes. We reviewed the management of enteral nutrition support.
Authors
- Haiyan Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9931-9884)
- Y. Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2137-0660)
- Mulan Ma (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0004-6027-4254)
- Xiaoqing Huang (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4711-6903)
- Jia Y. Wan (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2054-0106)
Institutions
- Union Hospital (HK)
- Huazhong University of Science and Technology (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Nutrition
- Published
- 2025-02-26
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnut.2025.1514980
- Primary Topic
- Intestinal Malrotation and Obstruction Disorders
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00