Enteral nutrition delivers food to a patient through the gastrointestinal tract rather than directly into the bloodstream, most often by mouth or through a tube placed in the stomach or small intestine. It is used for patients who cannot swallow safely or who need long term nutritional support, and is distinguished from parenteral nutrition, which bypasses the gut and delivers nutrients intravenously instead.
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A feeding tube is a medical device used to provide nutrition to people who cannot obtain nutrition by mouth, are unable to swallow safely, or need nutritional supplementation.
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