RT Book, Section
A1 Ryan, Laurajo
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 7252794
T1 Chapter 32. Enteral Nutrition
T2 McGraw-Hill's NAPLEX® Review Guide
YR 2011
FD 2011
PB The McGraw-Hill Companies
PP New York, NY
SN 978-0-07-175562-7
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=7252794
RD 2024/04/19
AB When  a  patient  cannot  ingest  the  necessary  nutrients  by  eating  food,  either  because  of  illness,  injury,  surgery,  dysphagia,  or  changes  in  absorption,  enteral  nutrition  (EN)  can  be  used  to  fill  the  void.  Enteral  nutrition  refers  to  the  act  of  taking  nutrients  into  the  body  through  the  gastrointestinal  (GI)  tract.  In  medical  terms,  we  typically  think  of  EN  as  supplying  specialized  nutrition  support  via  tube  feedings.  Parenteral  nutrition  (see  Chapter  33)  provides  nutrition  intravenously,  entirely  bypassing  the  GI  tract.  In  general,  if  the  GI  system  is  functional,  it  is  preferable  to  use  enteral  nutrition  rather  than  parenteral  feedings.1