AMSure®Enteral Feeding Products
By Adam Yang
2013-03
Content
•Background Knowledge
B k d K l d
a)Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
When Would a Patient Really Require Enteral Nutrition?
b)When Would a Patient Really Require Enteral Nutrition?
c)What is Meant by and What are Examples of Enteral
Access?
d)What are the Complications of Enteral Nutrition?
•Enteral Feeding Sets
a)Definition
b)Device Classification
c)Types
d)Features of AMSure®Enteral Feeding Sets
e)Benefits of AMSure Enteral Feeding Sets
Benefits of AMSure®Enteral Feeding Sets
f)Direction for Use
Background Knowledge Background Knowledge
a)Enteral and Parenteral Nutrition
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Enteral Nutrition: generally refers to any method of feeding that uses the gastrointestinal (GI) tract to deliver part or all of a person's g()p p
caloric requirements. It can include a normal oral diet, the use of liquid supplements or delivery of part or all of the daily requirements by use of a tube (tube feeding). The site of entry of the tube and tube b f t b(t b f di)Th it f t f th t b d t b types will be discussed under "enteral access".
Parenteral Nutrition: refers to the delivery of calories and nutrients into a vein. This could be as simple as carbohydrate calories delivered as simple sugar in an intravenous solution or all of the
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e delivered including carbohydrate, protein, fat, electrolytes (for example sodium and potassium), vitamins and ,y(p p),
trace elements (for example copper and zinc).
There are many reasons for enteral and parenteral nutrition including GI disorders such as bowel obstruction, short bowel syndrome,
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Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis; as well as certain cancers or in comatose patients. While enteral nutrition is always preferred when p y p
technically possible, some people may have a variety of medical issues that make the safe use of the GI tract difficult. Alternatively,
th i l i d t i t d t b t b th t l l f their calorie and nutrient needs may not be met by the current level of functioning of their GI tract. That is when parenteral nutrition may be needed to help an individual remain hydrated and possibly to provide p y p y p calories and other nutrients to allow for growth and development or maintenance of physical well-being and function.
b)When Would a Patient Really Require Enteral Nutrition? When a patient has difficulty eating for whatever reason, and if the
GI tract is working, then using this natural means for feeding would g,g g
be preferable to feeding by intravenous means. Using the GI tract
is closer to normal and can help the immune system. An example
might be a patient who has had a stroke and now has difficulty
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swallowing (called dysphagia). The swallowing may normalize
over time or in some instances may not return to normal which
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could put the patient at risk for inadvertently swallowing any solids
and liquids consumed into the lungs which could cause a severe
pneumonia. During the short term, a patient like this might be fed
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with a tube entering the nose. For longer use, a tube entering the
stomach from outside the abdomen (a gastrostomy) might be
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appropriate.

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