⭐️ ENTERAL vs. PARENTERAL NUTRITION follow @nursewellversed for visual nursing education If a patient is unable to intake food by mouth, there are two ways they can receive nutrition: enterally or parenterally. 👉 Enteral Nutrition: → Provided directly via GI tract → Indications: Patients in need of nutrition with a functioning GI tract ⭐️Enteral Routes: * Nasogastric (NG) tube * Orogastric (OG) tube * Gastrostomy tube (G-tube) * Jejunostomy tube (J-tube) 👉 Parenteral Nutrition: → Provided IV,

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After a few days of critical illness, children develop profound macronutrient deficiency. Parenteral nutrition is advised if enteral nutrition fails, but evidence on the timing and benefit to critically ill children is lacking. New research findings are summarized in the latest NEJM Quick Take. http://nej.md/222IzxM | The New England Journal of Medicine