Weaning patients with dysphagia from tube feeding to oral nutrition: A proposed algorithm.

In acute rehabilitation, weaning patients from tube feeding to oral nutrition is a primary nutrition goal. In the Neurocognitive and Neuromuscular Unit at the Chedoke Campus of the Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation, this goal becomes particularly challenging in the presence of dysphagia. This paper presents a proposed two-phase algorithm intended to offer the dietitian a guide for weaning such patients. The algorithm comprises the …