a way to provide food through a tube placed in the nose, stomach, or small intestine. A tube in the nose is called a nasogastric or nasoantral tube. A tube that goes through the skin into the stomach is called a gastrostomy or percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG). A tube into the small intestine is called a jejunostomy or percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (PEJ) tube.
Use of the gastrointestinal tract for nutrition, using either breast milk or formula fed by mouth and/or tube.
Nutrition obtained through the digestive system, either eaten through the mouth or through a feeding tube. See also GJ, GT, JT, ND, NG, and Tube Feeding.
Nutrients and calories provided to the stomach and intestines either by tube.
nutrient intake via the gastrointestinal tract.
Fluids, nutrients and electrolytes administered through specialized feeding tubes to the esophagus, stomach or intestines.
The use of tubes placed through the nose and into the stomach or small intestine to feed a patient who has difficulty swallowing. The tube is usually called a nasogastric tube. Other forms of enteral feeding includes a percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) or a percutaneous endoscopic jejunostomy (PEJ) tube.
A form of nutrition that is delivered into the digestive system as a liquid. Drinking nutrition beverages or formulas and tubefeeding are forms of enteral nutrition. People who are unable to meet their needs with food and beverages alone, and who do not have vomiting or uncontrollable diarrhea may be given tubefeedings. Tubefeeding can be used to add to what a person is able to eat or can be the only source of nutrition. A small feeding tube may be placed through the nose into the stomach or the small intestine, or it may be surgically placed into the stomach or the intestinal tract through an opening made on the outside of the abdomen, depending on how long it will be used.
The intake of nutrients that undergo at leas partial processing in the intestine. Strictly speaking, enteral nutrition includes normal food intake through the mouth. However, the term is often used to indicate more specifically the intake of nutrients through a tube that leads directly to the stomach or the small intestine.
Delivery of complete nutrition to a functioning gastrointestinal tract by means other than the oral route
A way to provide food through a tube placed in the nose, the stomach, or the small intestine. A tube in the nose is called a NG tube. A tube that goes through the skin into the stomach is called a gastrostomy or PEG. A tube into the small intestine is called jejunostomy or (PEJ) tube. Also called tube feeding.
Tube feeding. Provision of food through a tube via the nose, the stomach, or the small intestine.
