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Enteral Feeding Routes. Nasoenteric tubes or simply called nasal tubes are inserted through the nose. Critically ill patients in whom enteral feeding promotes gut barrier integrity and reduces rates of infection and mortality. Oral po administration is the most frequently used route of administration because of its simplicity and convenience which improve patient compliance. Confirm that the enteral feeding tube is the intended route for a medication before administration.
Orogastric tube ogt starts in the mouth and ends in the stomach. The tubes are cheap. Confirm the position of the enteral tube prior to medication administration see above. Although nasogastric feeding is relatively common in hospital and gastrostomy feeding is the most common form of tube feeding in the community in the past few decades more complex enteral access routes have become available and these may require specialist intervention by healthcare professionals both for tube insertion and maintenance. Nasogastric tubes are nasal tubes that deliver feed into the stomach while nasojejunal tubes are nasal tubes that deliver enteral nutrition to the jejunum small intestine. Bioavailability of drugs administered orally varies greatly.
Although nasogastric feeding is relatively common in hospital and gastrostomy feeding is the most common form of tube feeding in the community in the past few decades more complex enteral access routes have become available and these may require specialist intervention by healthcare professionals both for tube insertion and maintenance.
The following article is intended to provide a review of the current state of enteral feeding. A rapidly changing and developing field. Enteral feeding routes a comparison of the nasogastric tube percutaneous endogastic tube and feeding jejunostomy. Enteral tube feeds can be administered by bolus or by intermittent or continuous infusion. Adequately flush the enteral tube before in between and after medication administration see above. Oral po administration is the most frequently used route of administration because of its simplicity and convenience which improve patient compliance.