To maximize the benefits and minimize costs of nutrition therapy in the hospital setting, physicians should evaluate nutrition risk early and use enteral administration whenever feasible.
That advice comes from John K. DiBaise, MD, a professor of medicine in the Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology at Mayo Clinic Arizona, in Scottsdale, who said because enteral nutrition (EN) is associated with lower risks and costs, as well as increasingly comparable outcomes, parenteral nutrition (PN)