Generally speaking, for patients who are unable to absorb nutrients through oral intake, a gastric tube can be inserted in the clinic to absorb nutrients and keep the body functioning normally.
The gastrostomy tube, also known as a single-use multi-lumen gastrostomy tube (containing a balloon lumen, an intestinal channel, and a gastric channel), is used to decompress the stomach and intestines clinically. The gastrostomy tube is inserted into the stomach via the esophagus through the gravity of the liquid in the tube to form a positive or negative pressure, and is used for the input of liquid or fluid nutrition, fluid drainage (suction), and duodenal drainage.
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In medicine, gastric tube is also known as oral or nasal feeding, after artificial gastric tube through the mouth or nostril into the esophagus, through the pharynx, through the esophagus to the stomach, through the manual pressurized syringe pusher and piston to the patient's nasogastric tube and the stomach to play water and food, to ensure that the patient intake of adequate nutrition, water and medication in order to facilitate the early recovery of patients, is a kind of clinical health care must master the basic technology.
The following conditions are usually applied to the gastric tube
1. Acute gastric dilatation.
2. Perforation of the upper gastrointestinal tract or gastrointestinal tract with obstruction.
3. Acute abdomen with significant flatulence or before larger abdominal surgeries etc.
4. Comatose patients or those who cannot eat by mouth, such as patients with oral disorders, after oral and pharyngeal surgery.
5. Patients who cannot open their mouths, such as tetanus patients.
6. Premature infants and patients in critical condition and those who refuse to eat.
7. Patients who need gastric lavage for suicidal or accidental poisoning.
It is important to note
The gastric tube cannot be used by people who meet the following three points!
1. Patients with cancer or acute inflammation in the nasopharynx.
2. Patients with esophageal varices, upper gastrointestinal bleeding, gastritis, nasal obstruction, esophageal and cardia stenosis or obstruction, heart failure and severe hypertension.
3. Patients who swallowed corrosive drugs.
In daily life, gastric tube patients need to pay attention to
Feeding food should choose light, easy to digest food, such as rice paste, lotus root powder, etc., the condition of the patient is stable, can be supplemented in time with high-calorie, high-vitamin food, in the staple food can be appropriately mixed with some fruit juices, chicken soup, fish soup, etc., to ensure balanced nutrition. During the interval between two feedings, some water and juice can be added appropriately. Do not turn the patient after 30min after feeding.
We also want to remind family members that in daily care, especially for patients in serious condition, if the gastric tube is pumped with brown liquid, the doctor should be informed in time to determine whether it is gastrointestinal bleeding, and keep the gastric pumping material to be sent to the hospital for examination.