Slides - University of Utah - School of Medicine
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Enteral Nutrition<br />
Nutrition Support Therapy<br />
•! Supplemental nutrition to enhance patients survival<br />
•! People that cannot eat any or enough food due to<br />
illness<br />
–! Long-term feeding in a patient who is unable to eat or<br />
swallow<br />
•! A portion <strong>of</strong> the stomach or bowel may not be<br />
working correctly<br />
–! A patient may have gone through surgery to remove parts<br />
<strong>of</strong> the GI system<br />
–! Distal intestinal tract is functional
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