Connected Care Quick Hits

QUICK HITS ARE UP TO DATE AND EVIDENCE BASED RECOMMENDATIONS FOR THE CARE OF CHILDREN WITH MEDICAL COMPLEXITY & TECHNOLOGY DEPENDENCE, FROM HOSPITAL TO HOME.

Connected Care welcomes ideas for QuickHits from patients, family caregivers, health care providers and more! If you have an idea for a QuickHit, please send to connectedcare.inquiries@sickkids.ca

Over 50 Quick Hits have been developed to inform care of children with medical complexity in home and community care:

Posts tagged enteral

HINT: What type of water is used to flush an enteral tube?

This QuickHit was developed in response to family caregivers and home and community care providers asking what kind of water source to use when flushing enteral tubes.

All, Enteral Feeding and NutritionAdal BahlibiAugust 5, 2021NG, enteral

HINT: What to consider when the pH of gastric aspirates from a nasogastric (NG) tube is >6?

This QuickHit was developed based on a Connected Care Live consult from a Home & Community Care Service Provider asking if the NG tube was safe to use when the child's gastric pH was measured to be >6.

Enteral Feeding and Nutrition, AllAdal BahlibiApril 8, 2021ph, NG, enteral