Thursday, August 7, 2014

Guidelines For Pediatric Tube Feeding

By Annabelle Holman


Premature birth occurs occasionally and it is triggered by very many factors. It does not matter the cause, one issue that affects these babies is the trouble in living comfortably since their bodies have not developed enough to work properly. Underdevelopment of their gastric system makes either digestion or ingestion hard and the only answer to the problem is usually pediatric tube feeding. This is the most popular method of nourishing premature newborns.

This kind of nourishing is carried out with the aid of a tender channel that is used for delivering liquid nutrients into the gastrointestinal parts of the body. This nursing mode is used to nurture people who cannot eat normally and is most commonly utilized on premature neonatal babies. Other than the infants who are born premature, this mode of nursing can also be utilized on older individuals who have body problems that hinder regular eating.

Some of the conditions that make a person to undergo enteral nourishing to survive include; neuromuscular disorders such as cerebral palsy, gastrointestinal disorders of absorption, conditions of hyper metabolism like some types of cancer or burns and metabolic disorder among many others.

There are two different types of tube nourishing namely the enteral and the parenteral feeding. In enteral feeding, the duct is used to put liquid food into the gastrointestinal system then the body will digest it. This is used on infants who have problems of ingestion only. The parenteral feeding is when the food is put directly into the blood system. This method is usually used on infants whose digestive system is undeveloped.

The enteral feeding is further classified into different categories depending on the point from which the duct enters the body and the point in which the food is delivered. The nasogastric tube is when the food is delivered from the nose to the stomach. Nasodeudenal is from the nose to the upper part of intestines. A gastronomy tube is passed through a surgical opening on the body.

Nasogastric tubes can be used on infants at home too. There are however some guidelines that must be followed carefully to make sure that there are no complications developed. One thing is to make sure that the tubes are replaced after short periods of time like two weeks. Sometimes the baby might pull the duct mistakenly before the changing time and in this case the same duct can be used.

The tubes being used again must be washed very well with adequate soap and hygienic water. The nostrils must be interchanged when the pipe is being swapped. It is essential that the parents inspect the tube sensibly to make certain its condition is good before it is used. The duct must have wires that can strengthen it to avoid twisting when it is in the body. They must also measure the ducts before using to make certain they are lengthy enough to reach the place they are required to.

The baby is not expected to feel a lot of discomfort when the pipe is being implanted. If this occurs then something must be wrong. Their nasal region must be inspected regularly and also maintained while clean all times to avoid any kinds of contamination that may arise.




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