Access routes for enteral nutrition. 1995

J M Marks, and J L Ponsky
Department of Surgery, Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH, USA.

Comprehensive management of patients includes a thorough evaluation of nutritional requirements. The risks and the benefits of enteral and parenteral supplementations have been heavily investigated. Recent literature supports use of the gastrointestinal tract, when functioning, as the preferred route for supplemental nutrition. There are multiple access routes available to clinicians to provide enteral nutrition, including feeding tubes, which can be placed transnasally, percutaneously, or surgically. These various techniques have individual indications, contraindications, and complications associated with the procedures. They also have varying levels of invasiveness and overall durability. We discuss the different access routes available for enteral feeding, as well as the process for selecting the most appropriate route.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007441 Intubation, Gastrointestinal The insertion of a tube into the stomach, intestines, or other portion of the gastrointestinal tract to allow for the passage of food products, etc. Intubation, Nasogastric,Gastrointestinal Intubation,Gastrointestinal Intubations,Intubations, Gastrointestinal,Intubations, Nasogastric,Nasogastric Intubation,Nasogastric Intubations
D007582 Jejunostomy Surgical formation of an opening through the ABDOMINAL WALL into the JEJUNUM, usually for enteral hyperalimentation. Jejunostomies
D004750 Enteral Nutrition Nutritional support given via the alimentary canal or any route connected to the gastrointestinal system (i.e., the enteral route). This includes oral feeding, sip feeding, and tube feeding using nasogastric, gastrostomy, and jejunostomy tubes. Enteral Feeding,Force Feeding,Nutrition, Enteral,Tube Feeding,Gastric Feeding Tubes,Feeding Tube, Gastric,Feeding Tubes, Gastric,Feeding, Enteral,Feeding, Force,Feeding, Tube,Feedings, Force,Force Feedings,Gastric Feeding Tube,Tube, Gastric Feeding,Tubes, Gastric Feeding
D005774 Gastrostomy Creation of an artificial external opening into the stomach for nutritional support or gastrointestinal compression. Gastrostomies
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man

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