Nutrition in Clinical Practice Volume XX Number X Month 201X 1 –5 © 2014 American Society for Parenteral and Enteral

hosted at online.sagepub.com Clinical Research 536737 NCPXXX10.1177/0884533614536737Nutrition in Clinical Practice X(X)Bechtold et al research-article2014 Nutrition plays an integral part in the care of all patients, espe-cially those who are critically ill or severely malnourished.1 In patients unable to maintain adequate volitional intake, enteral access achieved through a variety of techniques becomes essen-tial. For short-term nutrition supplementation, nasoenteric tubes (such as nasogastric, nasoduodenal, and nasojejunal) are used. These enteral access devices are readily used but may be diffi-cult to keep in the proper position. Regardless of the location of the tube tip or level of infusion within the gastrointestinal tract, securing the nasoenteric tube is important. Tube dislodgemen