Across
- 1. Syndrome consists of a group of symptoms, such as diarrhea, nausea, and feeling light-headed or tired after a meal, that are caused by rapid gastric emptying. Rapid gastric emptying is a condition in which food moves too quickly from your stomach to your duodenum.
- 3. This type of feeding is intermittent using a large syringe attached to the feeding tube. It is contraindicated in tubes in the jejunum or duodenum.
- 7. Open, expanded, or unobstructed
- 8. This tube is inserted into stomach either endoscopically or surgically. Generally well tolerated and prevent dumping syndrome
- 10. Feeding tube passes through nose → stomach → duodenum
- 12. This type of feeding is delivered at a continuous rate for 8-20 hours (often at night) and is used when transitioning from total enteral nutrition feeding to oral intake
- 13. The purpose of this type of nutrition is to provide nutrients to patients who can’t eat enough orally but have a working GI tract
Down
- 2. Feeding tube passes through nose → stomach
- 4. GI abbreviation meaning
- 5. Elevate HOB _____ degrees during feedings and maintain angle for approximately 60 min after feeding completed
- 6. Feeding tube passes through nose → jejunum
- 9. These tubes are short term, less than 3-4 weeks. Include nasogastric, nasoduodenal, and nasojejunal tubes.
- 11. Surgically created opening (stoma)