ENTERAL FEEDING Alternative feeding methods that ensure adequate nutrition include enteral (through the GI system) methods.
Enteral nutrition (EN), also referred to as total enteral nutrition (TEN), is provided when the client cannot ingest foods or the upper GI tract is impaired and the transport...
NCMA 219 - NASOGASTRIC TUBE
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ENTERAL FEEDING ✅Alternative feeding methods that ensure adequate nutrition
include enteral (through the GI system) methods.
Enteral nutrition (EN), also referred to as total enteral nutrition (TEN), is provided when
the client cannot ingest foods or the upper GI tract is impaired and the transport of food
to the small intestine is interrupted.
Enteral feedings are administered through nasogastric and small-bore feeding tubes, or
through gastrostomy or jejunostomy tubes.
ENTERIC DEVICE ✅Enteral Access Devices Enteral access is achieved by means of
nasogastric or nasointestinal (nasoenteric) tubes, or gastrostomy or jejunostomy tube.
NASOGASTRIC TUBE ✅Is inserted through one of the nostrils, down the
nasopharynx, and into the alimentary tract. Traditional firm, large-bore nasogastric
tubes.
The Salem sump tube, with a double lumen
TYPES OF NG-TUBE ✅- LEVIN TUBE
- SALEM SUMP TUBE
- DOBHOFF TUBE
- Small-bore, silicone rubber feeding tube
- The Sengstaken Blakemore (SB) tube
LEVIN TUBE ✅which is a single lumen, small bore NG tube.
French 05 ( very small)
▪ French 5 to 12 (pedia)
French 18 (very large)
▪ French 12 to 18 (adults)
All approximately 50 inches long
SALEM SUMP TUBE ✅which is a large bore NG tube with double lumen.
Gastric sump tube is a variation of the NGT that is specially designed for gastric
suctioning.
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