Sentence examples for withholding feeds from inspiring English sources

Withholding feeds does not reflect the patient's physiological alterations, but is a medical decision not necessarily reflecting disease severity.

First, tolerance of enteral feeding is subjective, and reflects a clinical decision – to withhold feeds – more than it does an intrinsic characteristic of the patient.

The decision to withhold feeds or deviate from the feeding schedule in Tables 2 and 3, because of apparent feed intolerance or clinical deterioration, will also remain at the local clinician's discretion.

We were not able to use dry weight since it was not feasible to withhold feeds from infants for more than 2 hours and their reporting time to the clinic varied.

Consider withholding feed for 24 hours prior to slaughter.

GCS Glasgow Coma Scale, APACHE II Acute Physiology and Chronic Health Evaluation II, SOFA Sequential Organ Failure Assessment Most patients (863/1045; 83 %) were from an ICU where a bedside feeding protocol was used to allow the nurse to advance or withhold enteral feeds.

The practice of withholding feedings or not initiating enteral feeds in babies who are receiving COI was based mainly on the concern that use of indomethacin may increase the risk for spontaneous intestinal perforation [ 21].

In two cases, parents declined withholding of NGT feeds.

In a case with congenital hydrocephalus and IVH, agreed withholding of NGT feeds was not implemented as the infant died following extubation.

The infant died 10 days after the documented decision to withhold fluids and feeds.

In one case with HIE, withholding nasogastric tube (NGT) feeds was agreed; however, this was later revoked on the parents' request.