Professional paper
Enteral feeding with nasoesophageal and nasogastric tubes in dogs and cats
Daria Pervan
; Veterinarski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Ana Javor
orcid.org/0009-0009-8164-1849
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Zečević
orcid.org/0000-0002-2549-6044
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Diana Brozić
orcid.org/0000-0001-5419-8129
; Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
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* Corresponding author.
Abstract
When admitting new patients, it is important to detect malnourished patients and all those whom nutritional support can help with a positive treatment outcome. If the animal refuses to eat on its own or does not consume enough food to meet its resting energy requirements, assisted feeding is initiated. Short-term enteral nutrition is indicated in patients where the expected time period for nutritional support is short, usually up to a week. For this purpose, the choice is usually between a nasoesophageal and nasogastric
tube, and less often a nasojejunal tube. The main advantages of these feeding tubes are the possibility of placement without the need for general anesthesia, ease of placement and cost-effectiveness. Polymeric liquid diets are the first choice due to the narrow lumen of the tubes, but with adequate dilution, it is also possible to use commercial semi-liquid diets (canned diets). The choice of diet depends on the individual needs of each animal, their health and nutritional status, but also on the availability and affordability of each diet.
Keywords
enteral nutrition; malnutrition; nasoesophageal feeding tube; nasogastric feeding tube; polymeric liquid diets
Hrčak ID:
308219
URI
Publication date:
26.9.2023.
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