What is home therapy enteral nutrition?
Enteral nutrition, also known as tube feeding, is a way of delivering nutrition directly to your stomach or small intestine. Your doctor might recommend tube feeding if you can’t eat enough to get the nutrients you need. When tube feeding occurs outside the hospital, doctors refer to it as home enteral nutrition (HEN).
What is enteral and parenteral therapy?
“The goal of enteral nutrition is to use the gastrointestinal [GI] tract if and whenever possible. Parenteral nutrition therapy uses intravenous feedings when the GI tract is not usable—for example, short term after GI surgery such as a bowel resection with prolonged recovery or complications.”
What is enteral nutrition and parenteral nutrition?
Enteral nutrition is administered through a feeding tube placed into the stomach or intestines. Parenteral nutrition is administered through a traditional intravenous (IV) line or via a central IV surgically placed during an outpatient procedure.
What is the difference between TPN and parenteral nutrition?
Total Parenteral Nutrition (TPN) is the delivery of nutrients sufficient to meet metabolic requirements. Peripheral Parenteral Nutrition (PPN) is the delivery of nutrients via a peripheral vein.
What equipment is needed for TPN?
The TPN solution is light sensitive and must be covered with the supplied light protective bag at all times. TPN should be always be administered via a smart pump with infusion safety software. Patients on continuous TPN must have the TPN bags and lines changed every 24 hours.
What do you mean by parenteral feeding?
Overview. Parenteral nutrition, often called total parenteral nutrition, is the medical term for infusing a specialized form of food through a vein (intravenously). The goal of the treatment is to correct or prevent malnutrition.
What are the 4 main routes of enteral feeding?
Enteral Nutrition (EN), tube feeding, is given via different types of tubes.
- Nasoenteric Feeding Tubes (NG & NJ)
- Gastrostomy Feeding.
- Jejunostomy Feeding.
- Gastrostomy with Jejunal Adapter.
What is the difference between enteral and TPN in nutrition?
Enteral solution is thicker than TPN. It may have the consistency of a milkshake. Total parenteral nutrition bypasses the digestive system entirely and goes directly into the bloodstream, where the nutrients are absorbed. The solution is given through a catheter that has been placed in a vein.
What is the difference between enteral feeding and TPN?
Total parenteral feeding (TPN) is one of the two types of parenteral feeding in which all daily nutrients are supplied through a large vein. Enteral feeding or tube feeding is done when a person is not in a condition to eat a regular diet through his mouth, but his GI tract functions normally.
What are 3 differences between TPN and PPN?
PPN will usually involve a more diluted formula with fewer calories and is only recommended for a short-term duration. In contrast, TPN is for long-term or even permanent duration, and will therefore use a denser, higher calorie formulation. These differences usually involve different methods of administration.
Why is enteral feeding preferred over parenteral nutrition?
In general, enteral nutrition is preferred to parenteral nutrition as it is more physiological, simpler, cheaper and less complicated. However even nasogastric feeding needs care and the more complex types of enteral nutrition such as gastrostomy and jejunostomy need significant interventions.