TY - CHAP M1 - Book, Section TI - Enteral Nutrition A1 - Poulakos, Mara N. A1 - Fuentes, Andrea A2 - Sutton, S. Scott PY - 2020 T2 - McGraw Hill’s NAPLEX® Review Guide, 4e AB - Enteral nutrition (EN) refers to the act of taking nutrients into the body through the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. When a patient cannot ingest the necessary nutrients by eating food, either because of illness, injury, surgery, dysphagia, or changes in absorption, EN can be used to fill the void. In medical terms, we typically think of EN as supplying specialized nutrition support via tube feedings. Parenteral nutrition (PN) provides nutrition intravenously, entirely bypassing the GI tract. In general, if the GI system is functional, it is preferable to use EN rather than parenteral feedings. SN - PB - McGraw-Hill Education CY - New York, NY Y2 - 2024/03/28 UR - accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179734828 ER -