Enteral feeding is used to feed patients who can't feed themselves or swallow. A nasogastric tube (tube passed through the nose and down to the throat and to the stomach) allows food to be put into a person without having them swallow.
Tube feeding is an example of Enteral nutrition
Can be by Enteral feeding (NGT feeding , PEG or PEJ)
enteral feeding. Gastrostomy tube
Enteral feeding is used for in-patients who have a functioning gastrointestinal tract but are unable to eat or are unable to meet nutritional requirements with an ordinary diet and the addition of supplements. Enteral feeding is not used for patients with gastroinestinal obstruction, prolonged ileus or severe bleeding in their gastrointestinal tracts.
Enteric-coated products, buccal tablets, sublingual tablets, carcinogenic products, tertogenic products, cytotoxics, and extended-release drugs cannot be crushed for enteral feeding.
Enteral feeding is less expensive, leads to decreased infectious complications, enhances host immune function, improves the maintenance of gastrointestinal structure and function, and can conveniently access the gastrointestinal tract.
Anita Russell has written: 'Transitional feeding' -- subject(s): Tube feeding, Nutrition Support, Methods, Enteral Nutrition, Artificial feeding, Deglutition disorders
Due to its small lumen diameter, small-bored tubes are more likely to be clogged by medicatoins or thick enteral nutrition formulations.
The tube can be flushed with warm water or pancreatic enzyme/sodium bicarbonate. The Clog Zapper can also be used to unclog it.
a form of enteral or intestinal site feeding that employs a stoma or semi-permanent surgically placed tube to the small intestines
they maintain the function of the intestines, provide for immunity to infection, and avoid complications related to intravenous feeding.
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