EN/PN Flashcards
-feeding tube directly into GI tract
-if oral intake isn’t possible, trauma, certain surgeries, etc
-necessary nutrients via formula
Enteral Nutrition
Formula for when GI function is normal
-least expensive
-no pre-digestion
Standard/Polymeric
Non normal GI function formula (ex: UC)
-pre-digested protein
Elemental (chem defined)
Feeding formula for diabetes, liver & renal diseases
-most expensive
Specialized
-individual nutrients can be added to other formula for supplement nutrition
Modular
Short term feeding tubes
(naso for nano amounts of time)
Nasogastric, Nasodueodenal, nasojejunal
Long term tubes (no nose)
-tube put directly into stomach wall
Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG)
-machine acts as feeding pump
-controls rate of formula delivery
pump-assisted
-delivers constant rate of formula
continuous feeding
delivers constant rate of formula over a specific period of hrs followed by pause
cyclic feeding
-no machine, uses syringe to deliver large volume formula
bolus feeding
-formula container opened to transfer formula
-prone to contamination
-8 hr hang time
Open system
sterile container pre-filled with formula directly administered
-controls contamination
-24/48 hr hang time
Closed system
-delivers nutrition to patients with compromised oral or E/n rates
parenteral nutrition
-nutrients delivered to bloodstream thru central vein
-long term
-when EN no tolerated or extreme conditions (peritonitis, fistula, GI bleeds)
Total Parenteral Nutrition
