Nasogastric Tube Care and Use When your baby is in the hospital, medical staff handle inserting the tube into your baby’s nose for feeding.

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Another advantage of enteral feeding tubes is that they provide convenient access to the GI tract; therefore, these devices are frequently used for medication administration in patients who cannot ...

Other large-bore tubes include OG, gastrostomy, and PEG tubes; these are also less likely to occlude. [5, 6, 7, 10, 12] The feeding tube placement site also affects drug absorption.

Enteral Feeding Tube (EFT): A medical device inserted through the nose, mouth or abdominal wall to provide nutrition and medications to patients who are unable to ingest them orally.

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