Holmes Susan
Faculty of Health, Canterbury Christ Church University College, Kent.
Nurs Stand. 2004;18(20):41-3. doi: 10.7748/ns2004.01.18.20.41.c3536.
Many patients are unable to eat and others are malnourished. Such patients need nutritional support, and enteral feeding offers one way of providing such support. It may be needed for a short time during acute or critical illness or for prolonged periods in chronic illness. Short-term feeding is usually given through a nasogastric tube, while permanent feeding access is indicated for long-term feeding, most commonly through a gastrostomy. Percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy (PEG) is a minimally invasive technique for placing a feeding tube and causing minimal discomfort. This article reviews enteral feeding focusing on PEG and considers the after care and complications of this method of feeding.
许多患者无法进食，还有一些患者营养不良。这类患者需要营养支持，肠内喂养是提供这种支持的一种方式。在急性或危重症期间可能需要短期进行肠内喂养，而在慢性病中则可能需要长期进行。短期喂养通常通过鼻胃管进行，而长期喂养则需要建立永久性的喂养通道，最常见的是通过胃造口术。经皮内镜下胃造口术（PEG）是一种放置喂养管的微创技术，造成的不适最小。本文回顾了以PEG为重点的肠内喂养，并探讨了这种喂养方法的后续护理及并发症。
