enteral

Examples

• All

• Patients on the conservative regimen were administered intravenous broad-spectrum antibiotics and were not permitted to take any food or liquids by mouth; they received their nutrition via either enteral feeding or total parenteral nutrition.

  Academic text (2003)

• More than one half of the patients receiving simultaneous LT4 and enteral nutrition developed hypothyroidism requiring therapeutic intervention.

  Academic text (2016)

• Patients were receiving enteral nutrition and LT4 simultaneously.

  Academic text (2016)

• The two patients in group 2 had a nasogastric tube inserted for enteral feeding while they were still under anesthesia for esophagoscopy.

  Academic text (2003)

• The enteral feed of two patients became contaminated during the surveillance, but both patients were already colonized with an identical VRE genotype.

  Academic text (1996)

• He was receiving enteral nutrition via a nasally inserted duodenal feeding tube.

  Academic text (2005)

• But over the past 25 years, several authors have reported good results with the use of potent broad-spectrum antibiotics and enteral or parenteral nutritional support.

  Academic text (2003)

• Finally, the availability of broad-spectrum antibiotics and nonoral nutritional support (both enteral and parenteral) further expands nonsurgical treatment options.

  Academic text (2008)

• They received broad-spectrum antibiotics intravenously, and they were prohibited from taking any food or liquids by mouth; they received their nutrition via either enteral feeding or total parenteral nutrition.

  Academic text (2003)

• The doctor recommended enteral feeding for patients who could not eat solid food.

Synonyms

I

intestinal

vsenteral

• Specialized

35 4.2

Relating to the long tube after the stomach that carries food

emphasizes use of the digestive route for delivering medication or nutrition

G

gastrointestinal

vsenteral

• Specialized

20 4.6

Relating to the stomach and intestines, the body parts that digest food

limits scope to the intestines and to giving treatments through the digestive tract

E

enteric

vsenteral

• Specialized

1 7.7

Relating to the intestines

focuses on using the digestive tract to give medicine or nutrition

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology