Enteral nutrition may be used by physicians to provide the energy the patient needs when a patient has impaired nutritional intake without severe digestive or absorptive dysfunction. Chat in this issue: What is enteral nutrition?
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What is enteral nutrition?
Enteral nutrition is a way of delivering nutrients through the gastrointestinal route.
Enteral nutrition refers to nutritional preparations with relatively complete nutritional components. It can provide patients with essential nutrients and energy, and is generally used to meet patients’ requirements for energy, essential amino acids, essential Requirements for fatty acids, electrolytes, minerals and vitamins.
Commonly used enteral nutrition mainly includes powder, suspension and emulsion. For example, enteral nutrition powder, enteral nutrition suspension, enteral nutrition emulsion.
Enteral nutrition is not required in healthy individuals. Enteral nutrition is generally suitable for patients with nutritional intake disorders, but no severe digestive or absorption dysfunction. For example, patients with craniofacial or neck trauma, patients in preoperative and postoperative high-energy nutritional phases, etc.
When using enteral nutrition, remind everyone to pay attention to the following 3 points:
First, biochemical indicators should be monitored during use.
Second, before using the suspension and emulsion enteral nutrition, it should be shaken well and ensure that the medicine is within the validity period.
Thirdly, unopened medicines should be kept in a sealed container below 25°C. After opening, enteral nutrition suspension and enteral nutrition emulsion should be stored in the refrigerator at 2~8℃, generally used up within 24 hours. Enteral nutrition powder should be stored in a cool and dry place after opening, and used up in time.
In addition, during the use of enteral nutrition, if nausea, vomiting or diarrhea and other gastrointestinal side effects occur, it may indicate that the dosage is too fast or excessive. Adjustment.
References:
[1] Guangdong Pharmaceutical Association. Clinical Pharmacy Consensus on Enteral Nutrition (Second Edition)[J]. Pharmacy Today, 2017, 27(6): 361-371.
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