Feeding tubes

FEEDING TUBES 

Goals of nutritional support

  • Minimize metabolic derangements
    • Maintain hydration
    • Attenuate acid-base disorders
    • Attenuate electrolyte disturbances
    • Provide disease-specific nutrients
  • Provide nutrients to facilitate recovery
    • Suppress hypermetabolic response
    • Restore or reverse protein catabolism and negative nitrogen balance
    • Maintain gastrointestinal tract integrity and function
    • Optimize immune function
  • Maintain lean body mass and body weight
  • Avoid complications associated with refeeding
Last modified: Tuesday, 19 October 2010, 10:53 AM