RT Book, Section
A1 Poulakos, Mara N.
A1 Fuentes, Andrea
A2 Sutton, S. Scott
SR Print(0)
ID 1179734828
T1 Enteral Nutrition
T2 McGraw Hill’s NAPLEX® Review Guide, 4e
YR 2020
FD 2020
PB McGraw-Hill Education
PP New York, NY
SN 9781264258062
LK accesspharmacy.mhmedical.com/content.aspx?aid=1179734828
RD 2024/04/19
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.