The common clinical use of small intestinal nutrition tube is usually around 10~30 days. If after comprehensive judgment according to the patient’s condition, in order to meet the needs of treatment, can also be long-term tube.
Small intestinal nutrition tube, also known as enteral nutrition, is suitable for patients who are in coma, impaired consciousness, dysphagia and loss of chewing ability, gastrointestinal tube fistula and preoperative preparation, postoperative malnutrition. The time of use can be chosen according to the patient’s own state under the guidance of the doctor.
When using a small bowel nutrition tube, the doctor can inject food and recovery-friendly drugs directly through the tube to ensure and maintain the patient’s normal nutritional needs. In this way, it can reduce the physical damage caused by direct feeding and promote the recovery of the disease.
However, it should be noted that patients with gastrointestinal bleeding, severe abdominal infection, complete mechanical intestinal obstruction, high-flow jejunoileal fistula and gastrointestinal dysfunction are prohibited from using it.