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Bolus feeding is an intermittent feeding most similar to eating a periodic meal. It would be like receiving a dose, then waiting a certain number of hours and taking another dose. Common methods of delivery for an intermittent dose may be to fill a large syringe or bag like container hooked up to the feeding tube and just letting it drain in over a short period of time. This is called bolus or gravity feeding.
Some people will use the term Bolus to differentiate between gravity feeding methods. A bolus would be if a syringe or small bag were filled with formula and allowed to drain in without restriction. Using a bag with tubing attached would and restricting the flow with the roller clamp can be referred to as a gravity feed. Some may choose the differentiation because a gravity feed can be done slowly by adjusting a roller clamp on the tubing to create a slower flow rate so bolus could refer to fast and gravity to slow.
I'm sure there is clinical protocol to say exactly which means which but in my 10 years experience I've heard clinican, doctor, dietitian, and patients use the terms in many differentiating ways.
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Advantages of bolus feeding via gastrostomy tube in children?
Gastrostomy tubes are inserted for people that can not get adequate nutrition through oral means. The advantage of a bolus feed is the child does not have to be continuously hooked up to the feed, and can sleep through the night without worrying about missing a feed by the tube leaking.
What kind of dr puts in feeding tubes?
A feeding tube can be used for bolus or continual feedings. A gastrostomy feeding tube insertion is the placement of a feeding tube through the skin and the stomach wall, directly into the stomach. A feeding tube is very effective when initially placed properly by a trained physician. Depending on the type of feeding tube placed, it is quite possible to learn to replace the tube yourself. Surgery is normally not required to replace the tube. Feeding tubes have a tendency to become clogged or occluded. This can lead to the need for replacement of the tube. Feeding tube clogging can be time consuming, and can prevent nutritional supplementation when clogged and awaiting declogging or replacment. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feeding_tube http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/007235.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/002937.htm
What is a core flow feeding tube a nasogactric feeding tube which is similar to a dobhoff feeding tube.?
fredrick-miller tube
What is a core flow feeding tube a nasogactric feeding tube which is similar to a dobhoff feeding tube?
fredrick-miller tube
Where is the bolus located?
a bolus is a mass of substance, such as a mothfull of food. the food passaing down your esophagus is a "bolus". also medication and other medical procedures are given by bolus, as in iv meds and tube feedings.
What are the funchtions of the esophagus?
Its just a tube to convey a bolus of food from the laryngopharynx to the stomach.
Is tube feeding enteral or parental nutrition?
Tube feeding is an example of Enteral nutrition
How do you feed a person on a feeding tube?
humm... just a wild guess on a feeding tube?
What anatomic structure does the bolus pass through?
The bolus, which is a mass of chewed food mixed with saliva, passes through the esophagus, which is a muscular tube that connects the mouth to the stomach.
What is a external feeding tube?
gastrostomy tube
Can you still eat by mouth if you have a permanent feeding tube inserted into the stomach?
It depends why the feeding tube was placed. If the feeding tube was placed because the person cannot chew/swallow safely, then no. If the feeding tube was inserted for supplemental feeding because the person doesn't consume adequate nutrition, then yes.
What are the three types of feeding routes in nutrition?
feeding tube
