TUBE FEEDING OR LAVAGE
Tube feeding or lavage may be oral or nasal.When the tube in passed through mouth,it is known as oral lavage and when it is passed through nose when mouth poses problem,it is known as nasal lavage. CONDITION FOR TUBE FEEDING *Comatose patient. *Paralysis of soft palate or pharyngeal muscle in diphtheria or other such condition. *After operation over mouth,pharynx or larynx. *For premature or weak infants who are unable to suck. *In case of intensity when patients always refuses to take food. https://nurseducation2020.blogspot.com/2020/02/diet-and-feeding-sick.html PRINCIPLES OF TUBE FEEDING Utmost care should be taken to ensure that the tube is in stomach neither in lungs or nor coiled in mouth or pharynx.It is better to check the position of the tube by a second nurse or by a doctor. Air shoud not be allowed to enter stomach while the feed is being given.So the apparatus should not be allowed to be empty until entire feed has been exhausted. To avoid di...