Types of Diets
This diet provides oral fluids, before and after surgery. It also prepares patients who will undergo diagnostic tests like colonoscopic examination, barium enema, and acute gastrointestinal disturbances.
What is a liquid diet?
A tube is passed from the nose to the stomach.
What is Nasogastric?
This type of formulas are composed of intact nutrients that require functioning GI tract for digestion and absorption of nutrients.
What is the standard formula?
This method of administration is for patient who have not eaten for a significant period, debilitated patients, patients with impaired GI functions and patients with uncontrolled type 1 diabetes mellitus and intestinal feedings.
What is Continuous?
This is a type of feeding is used at any time nourishment is provided directly to the GI tract.
What is nonoral feeding?
This diet provides oral fluids, after surgery, the patient usually has this diet when transitioning between clear liquids and solid food. Indicated for a patient who just had oral or plastic surgery to the face and neck, mandibular fractures and patients who have chewing and swallowing difficulties.
What is a Full liquid diet?
A tube is passed from the nose to the duodenum (small intestines).
What is Nasoduodenal?
This formula are designed to meet kcal and protein demands in a reduced volume and have moderate to high osmolality.
What is the Hhypercaloric formula?
This type of method is for patient feeding that is infused ar specific intervals throughout the day. The total volume of feeding divided and given four to six times per day.
What is Intermittent?
This is a great way to provide additional calories without over concentrating.
What is lipid emulsion?
This type of diet is indicated for the patient who has neurologic changes, inflammation or ulceration of the oral cavity and or esophagus, fractured jaw also heads and neck abnormalities.
What is a Pureed diet?
A tube is passed through the nose to the jejunum (small intestines)/.
What is nasojejunal?
This formula is also called predigested or hydrolyzed formulas. They are composed of partially functioning GI tract, impaired capacity to digest foods or absorb nutrients.
What is the Elemental Formula?
This method is appropriate only for feeding into the stomach, involves feeding large volumes of formula intermittently over short periods, usually by syringe.
What is Bolus?
This is one type of providing energy and nutrients intravenously.
What is Parenteral Nutrition?
This type of diet is recommended to the patient who has poor-fitting dentures, edentulous patients, limited chewing or swallowing ability, dysphagia, and stricture of intestinal tracts.
What is a mechanical soft diet?
A tube is surgically inserted into the neck and extends to the stomach.
What is Esophagostomy?
This formula are not nutritionally complete by themselves because they are single macronutrients such as glucose polymers, proteins, or lipids.
What is the Modular Formula?
A patient that is sent home may use this that is not continuous, and given 3-6 hours here and there and ran through gravity stand by a bag that is hanging on a pole.
What is Intermittent?
Name one mechanical complication of tube feeding.
What is tube displacement?
This is diet is indicated for debilitated patients who are unable to consume a regular diet or with mild GI problems.
What is a soft diet?
A tube is surgically inserted into the stomach.
What is Gastrostomy?
This formula are designed to meet specialized nutrient demands for specific disease states, such as diabetes, renal failure, liver failure, pulmonary disease and HIV.
This is typically seen over 24 hours or nocturnal feed 12 hours at night and it does have to rin through a pump, kangaroo pump, etc.
What is Continuos?
This are substances that are consumed orally as an addition to dietary intake.
What are dietary supplements?